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The Rise of Robo-Advisors: Robo-advisor firm raises $100 Million in Funding
March 31st, 2016
If there was any doubt about the future of robo-advisors, the latest announcement from online advisor Betterment may quash it: The company says it has raised $100 million from investors in its latest round of funding. That’s the biggest round ...
FXTM launches Persian site & adds 4 languages to MyFXTM
March 29th, 2016
Holding true to our values as a global broker with a truly local touch, FXTM has proudly introduced five new languages to its services! Persian has now joined the growing number of official languages for the FXTM website, while the ...
Coinbase Introduces Stop Orders for Bitcoin Exchange Traders
March 18th, 2016
Bitcoin services provider Coinbase has added stop orders to its Coinbase Exchange product, allowing customers to buy and sell the digital currency at a previously set price. Coinbase describes the service as a way to allow users to protect profits while improving ...
Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin
March 17th, 2016
The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region’s largest economies, as well as a general slump in prices in oil and other commodities, businesses and consumers are facing a depression and, in the ...
Amazon to let you pay via selfie?
March 17th, 2016
Amazon could soon let customers purchase products without a password, using a photo of their face instead. The ecommerce giant has filed a patent to use photos or videos of a user’s face as a way to approve their ...
Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks
February 25th, 2016
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments. It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last ...
PayPal Eyes Growth in New Alliances With Vodafone, America Movil
February 22nd, 2016
Mobile carriers are gateway to 740 million potential customers Payments business looks beyond e-commerce for revenue PayPal Holdings Inc. forged new mobile-wallet partnerships with telecommunications giants Vodafone Group Plc in Europe and America Movil SAB in Latin America, ...
MasterCard contactless transactions in Europe Surpass 1 Billion; Impressive 150% year on year growth
February 19th, 2016
Impressive 150% year on year growth for MasterCard and Maestro contactless transactions, as merchants and issuers capitalize on opportunities Europeans continue to opt for contactless technology when making payments, with the total number of MasterCard and Maestro processed transactions ...
7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech
February 17th, 2016
Until recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity. It was the fall of Mt Gox in ...
