4.12.19 Your morning briefing

12 April 2019 5:58 AM GMT

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay supports gold sales in India; German regulators pressure N26; Bakkt adds payment veteran; Amazon acquires robotics company Canvas Technology.

Bakkt hires PayPal and Google vet Bitcoin exchange Bakkt has hired Mike Blandina to be chief product officer.
Blandina was formerly head of payments and credit engineering at PayPal and was a director who helped lead the engineering behind Google Wallet.
At Bakkt, his responsibilities will include developing payment use cases for cryptocurrency, reports Bitcoin Exchange Guide .
So You Can Buy Coffee With Bitcoin CoinDesk | Thu April 11, 2019 - New York-based payments startup Flexa just raised that amount in a private token sale involving Pantera Capital, 1kx, Nima Capital, Access Ventures and others.

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