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Bitcoin’s Top Rival Is Up 90% and Ready to Ditch Mining
March 4th, 2017
Ethereum’s developers set course for mining-free model Blockchain seen as potential backbone for business, finance Marco Streng’s computer servers are what make Ethereum tick. Thousands strong, they whir day and night, solving the complex math riddles that are essential ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
Visa to Launch First Everywhere Initiative in Europe
February 28th, 2017
Today, Visa announced that the Everywhere Initiative, an innovation program designed to encourage the development of the “next big thing” in payments, will expand into Europe. Entrants in Visa’s first-ever European Everywhere Initiative will have the opportunity to compete ...
IBM and Visa turn automobiles, appliances and all other connected devices into potential Points of Sale
February 17th, 2017
IBM Watson IoT to Provide Access to as Many as 20 Billion Devices for Visa in the Next Five Years Companies Share Vision for Commerce Based IoT at First Ever IBM “Genius of Things” Summit IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Visa ...
Fiserv Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results
February 10th, 2017
– GAAP revenue growth of 5 percent and internal revenue growth of 4 percent in the quarter and for the year; – GAAP EPS increase of 21 percent in the quarter and 39 percent for the year; – Adjusted ...
European Commission Considering Limits on Virtual Currency Transactions
February 1st, 2017
The European Commission has released an Inception Impact Assessment considering transaction limits on virtual currency transactions as it steps up efforts in its fight against the financing of terrorism. On 2 February, 2016, the Commission published a Communication to ...
MoneyGram Agrees to Merge with Ant Financial
January 27th, 2017
MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI), a global provider of innovative money transfer services, and Ant Financial Services Group, one of the world’s leading digital financial services providers and parent company of Alipay, a global mobile payment platform, today announced that they ...
Italian policymaker links bitcoin to mafia-controlled casino ops
January 26th, 2017
Bitcoin is giving Italian mobsters a legal way to enter the gambling industry. That was the bold claim made by Lucrezia Ricchiuti, who is convinced that the popular digital currency can be linked to casino operations runs by the ...
Daimler Financial Services acquires PayCash Europe SA
January 18th, 2017
PayCash Europe SA will become the electronic payment system for services provided by the Daimler Group under the new “ Mercedes pay” brand name “Mercedes pay” enables payments on-the-go with a smartphone Bodo Uebber, Member of the Board of ...
Deloitte Opens Second Blockchain Lab
January 13th, 2017
The lab in New York will focus on creating blockchain prototypes ready for integration into clients’ production systems. The solutions cultivated in the lab will be designed as “ready-to-integrate” for Deloitte’s financial services clients. The blockchain lab, its second ...