Facebook announces 'small pilot' to test cryptocurrency wallet Novi

Facebook is finally testing Novi, the digital wallet it's been teasing for more than two years. Facebook's payments chief David Marcus announced that the company is launching "a small pilot" of Novi in the United States and Guatemala with the goal of enabling family members to send remittances across borders. "We're doing a pilot to test core feature functions, and our operational capabilities in customer care and compliance," Marcus wrote. "We're also hopeful this will demonstrate a new stablec...