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Citi Announces Top Innovations from Citi Mobile Challenge in Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, and Warsaw
May 28th, 2015
Global Financial Technology Challenge showcases new FinTech solutions fueling innovation and inclusive finance Today Citi announced the top innovations from the Citi Mobile Challenge in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). This global initiative launched in EMEA in February ...
Breach at IRS Exposes Tax Returns
May 27th, 2015
Thieves used agency’s online services to get information for about 100,000 households The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that identity thieves used one of its online services to obtain prior-year tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. households, a ...
Bitcoin: A Remarkable Innovation and Its Limitations
May 20th, 2015
My own sense is that popular interest in Bitcoin peaked about 12-18 months ago. Perhaps that interest will return. But for now, my sense is that Bitcoin represents a remarkable–indeed, a breakthrough–innovation which nonetheless is beginning to show its limitations. Rainer ...
First Bitcoin Index by New York Stock Exchange
May 20th, 2015
The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced the NYSE Bitcoin Index (NYXBT), the first exchange-calculated and disseminated bitcoin index. Launching today, the NYXBT Index will represent ...
The Challenges Facing Bitcoin Payments Adoption
May 8th, 2015
While several online retailers have made the move to integrate bitcoin payments on their platforms, it seems that gaining mainstream acceptance is still a huge challenge. During the first Virtual Currency Today Summit held by Networld Media Group, bitcoin ...
Robocoin Debuts Romit Remittance Software
April 27th, 2015
Introducing Romit When Robocoin invented the world’s first Bitcoin ATM In October 2013, the company believed that blockchain technology would transform the remittance market. To that end, today the company is introducing Romit: the cheapest and fastest money-transfer in ...
BitGo and Genesis Trading to build institutional bitcoin trading platform
April 27th, 2015
BitGo, the leading bitcoin security platform, today announced that it has partnered with Genesis Trading, the first broker-dealer in the US, regulated by FINRA and the SEC, to specialize in trading bitcoin. BitGo and Genesis Trading will work together ...
Central Bank of Germany issued April Monthly Report
April 22nd, 2015
Structural developments in the German banking sector The financial and sovereign debt crisis which has afflicted the euro area for more than seven years now has clearly left a mark on the financial market, having forced monetary policymakers to ...
Bitwage launches first international Bitcoin payroll debit card
April 7th, 2015
Bitwage, a California-based Bitcoin payroll firm, has released the first international Bitcoin payroll debit card. With the release of this card, employees and contractors using the Bitwage system can withdraw and spend US dollars, Euros, and British Pounds directly from ...
Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition
March 24th, 2015
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately majority owned by funds managed and advised by CVC Capital ...
