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A Miami judge rules that bitcoin isn’t money
July 26th, 2016
Sorry bitcoiners, the US court system doesn’t think your digital currency is real money. At least, Miami-Dade circuit court judge Teresa Mary Pooler doesn’t. Yesterday (July 25), Pooler handed down a verdict in the first money-laundering case in the ...
PayPal and Visa collaborate to accelerate the adoption of digital payments
July 26th, 2016
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Visa (NYSE:V) today announced a U.S. strategic partnership that will result in an improved and more seamless payment experience for Visa cardholders and will offer greater choice in how consumers pay with the PayPal and Venmo wallets. The partnership puts PayPal and Visa ...
Number26 receives banking license
July 22nd, 2016
Number26 becomes N26 and receives a banking license: only 1,5 years after product launch, the FinTech’s N26 Bank is awarded a full German banking license by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank. This provides ...
The rising trend of cashless payments
July 21st, 2016
Contactless payments are rapidly gaining ground across the globe. Driven by customer convenience and efficiency, this innovative payment method has opened up new dimension for daily transactions undertaken by consumers. Mobile wallets, online payment providers, near field communication (NFC) ...
Revolut breaks UK crowdfunding record with over £12 million pledged
July 13th, 2016
Money transfer fintech startup Revolut attracted over £10 million in pledges just ten hours into a seven-day crowdfunding round aimed at raising £1 million. By Tuesday evening, Revolut pledges had already hit £12.9 million from 6,627 people, all registered ...
12 Tips For Claiming Summer Camp Expenses On Your Taxes
June 28th, 2016
My daughter is braving the summer heat in goalie pads today at field hockey camp. It was an early morning, loading equipment into the car and getting to registration on time but we know this drill by now. You ...
Ryan Tax Plan Cuts Corporate Rate to 20% to Stem Inversions
June 27th, 2016
U.S. corporations would get the largest federal income-tax rate cut in history, and their foreign earnings would no longer face domestic taxes when they return to the U.S. under a plan that House Republicans unveiled Friday. The changes would ...
Bitcoin exchange Quoine raises $20m venture investment
June 21st, 2016
Quoine, a Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange, has closed a $20 million funding round, leveraging off the large opportunity for Bitcoin in the Japanese market, led by venture capitalists (VCs) and other ‘strategic investors’. It’s last funding round was a $2 million ...
Brexit: All you need to know for UK’s EU referendum
June 13th, 2016
What is happening? A referendum is being held on Thursday, 23 June to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union. This article is designed to be an easy-to-understand guide – if you have any questions ...
Visa introduced Digital Commerce App that enables financial insitutions to grow their mobile capabilities
June 8th, 2016
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) introduced the Visa Digital Commerce App, an issuer-branded mobile commerce solution that enables financial institutions to offer their own mobile app to customers with valuable card management services – ultimately expanding and strengthening their Visa credit, debit ...
