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Bitcoin and Credit Cards Can Co-Exist, CardLinx CEO Says
August 12th, 2015
While last week’s Keynote 2015 conference saw the introduction of new voices to the conversation surrounding bitcoin and blockchain technology, none may have been heard louder and with more skepticism than CardLinx CEO Silvio Tavares. Tavares used his forum at the ...
Deloitte joins cryptocurrency industry group
July 21st, 2015
To work with ADCCA on accounting standards for bitcoin. Big four accounting firm Deloitte has joined the peak industry group representing digital currency traders in Australia, highlighting a growing mainstream focus on cryptocurrencies. Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association is ...
Deloitte Trials Blockchain Tech for Client Auditing
July 16th, 2015
Professional services firm Deloitte has revealed it is trialling blockchain technology to automate client auditing and crowdsource its consulting efforts, among other applications. With the announcement, Deloitte – one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ audit firms – becomes the ...
Africa Mobile Money Market Worth $14.27 Billion by 2020
July 15th, 2015
According to a new market research report, “Africa Mobile Money Market by Transaction mode (NFC/Smart Cards, Direct Mobile Billing, Mobile Web/WAP Payments, SMS, STK/USSD, and others), by Nature of Payment, by Location, by Type of Purchase, and by Country ...
Westpac VC invests in Bitcoin player Coinbase
July 8th, 2015
In a deal that will put Westpac Banking Corp in the box seat as cryptocurrencies develop, the bank’s venture capital fund, Reinventure Group, has invested in Coinbase, one of the world’s pre-eminent Bitcoin companies. In the first deal involving ...
Bitcoin: What you didn’t know but always wanted to ask
July 7th, 2015
A new technology for the banking world: “The internet of money” In 2008, an individual or group writing under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper that described a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that “would allow online ...
Euronet Worldwide Acquires XE, the World’s Trusted Currency Authority
July 7th, 2015
XE Brings Industry Leading Online Presence and Digital Expertise to Euronet’s Money Transfer Business Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:EEFT), a leading electronic payments provider, announced it has acquired XE, a global leader in digital foreign exchange information. XE has established ...
Third Visa Europe Collab opens in Berlin
July 6th, 2015
With the Visa Europe Collab innovation hubs in London (launch date: 1st May) and Tel Aviv (launch date: 23rd May) up and running, Berlin today becomes the official home of the third Visa Europe Collab. Visa Europe Collab in Berlin shares the mission ...
Codename Citicoin: Banking giant built three internal blockchains to test Bitcoin technology
July 3rd, 2015
Citigroup, the global advisor of multi-nationals and governments, has been using its scale and reach in some surprising ways, such as conducting transactions on mobiles without bank accounts in Kenya, and developing blockchains within the bank and test-coins to ...
Santander just launched a £20 million fintech fund to stop startups from eating it
July 3rd, 2015
Spanish banking giant Santander is teaming up with mobile payment company Monitise on a joint venture to invest in and build new fintech startups. Monitise, who announced the new company in a statement today, says the as-yet-unnamed joint venture will be “investing in, ...
