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mHITs Explores Bitcoin with New Mobile Service

As part of their exploration of the crypto-currency, Bitcoin, mHITs, an Australian payments company,  has launched a new pre-paid mobile minutes top-up service, called BitMoby, exclusively available...

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Rakuten Brings Shopping With Bitcoin To US Customers

“Rakuten’s mission is to empower the world through the Internet,” commented Yaz Iida, President of Rakuten USA. “Not only can bitcoin support this vision by helping our merchants better compete...

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Neteller now Accepts Bitcoin Deposits

Neteller has just enabled Bitcoin deposits. Neteller is an e-money service owned and operated by the British global payments company – Optimal Payments PLC. NETELLER services allow customers from over...

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“Not-So-Decentralized” Ripple Freezes $1m in User Funds

The Ripple payment network is facing criticism this week over revelations about the liquidity of some of its assets. It’s come to light that Ripple gateways — the onramps and offramps of the network —...

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Circle Raises $50M Off Goldman Sachs Support, Adds USD Features

Bitcoin company Circle Internet Financial has completed a funding round of $50 million with help from banking firm Goldman Sachs and venture group IDG Capital Partners. Circle is also updating its...

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FinTech Impact on Consumer Behavior – Mobile Payments

Understanding the concept of FinTech and its importance to the entire world is just the first step along the way. For businesses, innovations in the FinTech world will change the way they do business...

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PayPal To Integrate Peer-to-peer Payment Solution Venmo Soon

Paypal keeps adding additional payment methods to its repertoire over the past twelve months. Little under a year ago, the company mentioned how Bitcoin payments will be integrated through PayPal...

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Former Western Union Executive Raises US$12.5m for Blockchain-Based...

Simplifying cross-border payments for businesses can not be achieved through traditional financial infrastructure; that much is clear by now. In countries where there are limited to no financial...

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New York Public Transportation Going Contactless Is An Opportunity For Bitcoin

Contactless payments are one of the hottest trends right now when it comes to revamping the financial industry in the near future. However, the payment method is only viable in a limited capacity...

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The Future Impact of Eye-tracking On Wearables and Bitcoin Payments

Technology is evolving at a very rapid pace these days, and newer trends are emerging even before the previous iteration could gain any mainstream traction. Wearables have not become all that popular...

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Over Half of Mobile Payment Companies Have No Control Over Financial Data

Even though plenty of consumers are looking forward to using new and innovative mobile payment solutions, there are still a lot of security issues that need to be addressed. A recent study conducted...

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Australian Banks Indirectly Help Bitcoin By Boycotting Apple Pay

The mobile payment sector is heating up, as every company and financial institution are scrambling to launch their platform in the near future. Over in Australia, it will not be smooth sailing for...

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PayPal Centralizes Payment Processing For Uber And AirBnb

Understanding the way payments work is quite revealing in some cases. as it explains how a handful of companies make money off millions of transactions around the world. For example, very few people...

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UserEcho Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments Through Stripe

As more and more companies and service providers start accepting Bitcoin payments, things are slowly shifting for digital currency all over the world. UserEcho is not an everyday business, though, as...

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Android Pay To Go Head-to-head With Bitcoin In The UK

The mobile payment ecosystem has never been more competitive than it is right now, as various companies and device manufacturers are battling for supremacy all over the world. Android Pay could be a...

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Recent PayPal Exploit Shows Benefits of Decentralized Payment Solutions

Online payments are becoming more and more important every day, but that doesn’t mean the platforms we use are stepping up their security game. PayPal, one of the largest online payment processors in...

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Google Wallet Becomes Centralized Bitcoin “Competitor”

Google is one of the many players looking to venture into the world of peer-to-peer payments shortly, and their Wallet payment solution is evolving over time as well. However, it was rather shocking...

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Circle CEO: “Blockchain Will Sooner Disrupt The Mobile Payments Industry”

An exciting partnership between Barclays and Bitcoin exchange Circle could lead to a slew of new features and innovations in the digital payment industry. Moreover, this is very positive news for...

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Tech Reporter Gets NFC Payment Chip Implant In His Hand

When a Bitcoin user embedded a payment chip into his hand, people assumed he was crazy. But apparently, he sparked a bright concept, as tech reporter Charlie Warzel did the same with an NFC-enabled...

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Over Half of Mobile Payment Companies Have No Control Over Financial Data

Even though plenty of consumers are looking forward to using new and innovative mobile payment solutions, there are still a lot of security issues that need to be addressed. A recent study conducted by...

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