Meta's digital wallet 'Novi' will end at the end of August 2022



It has been revealed that the digital wallet service ' Novi ', which Meta (Facebook) has been piloting since 2021, will end at the end of August 2022.

International Money Transfers & Remittances | Novi

https://www.novi.com/



Meta kills crypto wallet Novi, closing the book on Libra --Protocol

https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/meta-pay-libra-novi

The official website of 'Novi' has a notice that Novi will not be available after September 1, 2022, so it has become easier to check the remaining amount and download information.

'Novi' has been on a trial basis since October 2021 as a digital wallet that allows free international remittances using stablecoin Pax Dollar (USDP).

Facebook starts the development of digital wallet 'Novi' that allows instant international remittance for free --GIGAZINE



Originally, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and executive David Marcus aimed to roll out their own stablecoin 'Libra' and digital wallet 'Calibra'.

Facebook announces its own virtual currency 'Libra' & dedicated wallet application 'Calibra' --GIGAZINE



However, without regulatory approval, the project continued with the name changed from 'Libra' to 'Diem' and 'Calibra' to 'Novi', but the future was still uncertain. Therefore, 'Novi' gave up support for 'Diem' and was released using Pax Dollar.

Initially, 'Novi' was planned to be a general term for Meta's financial brands including Facebook Pay, but when Marcus left Meta in 2021, it became easier to handle, and in June 2022, Facebook Pay became Meta Pay. Renamed. In rebranding the financial brand, Meta paid 60 million dollars (about 8 billion yen) to a company called 'MetaBank' to acquire the trademark right, and the former MetaBank changed its name to 'Pathward'.

In addition, Mr. Marcus who left Meta is working on the development of payment technology 'Lightning' that operates on the Bitcoin blockchain at a startup called 'Lightspark'.

in Web Service, Posted by logc_nt