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...
View ArticleRakuten 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...
View ArticleNeteller 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...
View Article“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 —...
View ArticleCircle 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...
View ArticleFinTech 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...
View ArticlePayPal 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOver 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...
View ArticleAustralian 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...
View ArticlePayPal 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...
View ArticleUserEcho 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...
View ArticleAndroid 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...
View ArticleRecent 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...
View ArticleGoogle 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...
View ArticleCircle 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...
View ArticleTech 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...
View ArticleOver 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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