Search Results for: digital payments
Barclaycard bPay turns watches contactless
July 7th, 2016
Barclaycard is expanding its bPay contactless payments range through the introduction of a small case that can be attached to watches and fitness bands. The bPay Loop is a silicon case containing an NFC chip that can be slid ...
EU VAT group reassures e-traders on Brexit vote
July 5th, 2016
The trend of having to pay VAT where the customer rather than the seller is located is “not going to go away,” although a scheme in Britain that makes doing so simpler might. Lobby group EU VAT Action issued this alert to the ...
Bitcoin transactions values to Triple this Year
July 5th, 2016
Bitcoin Transactions Values To Triple this Year – Reaching Over USD92Bn, As Brexit And Possible Trump Presidency Fuel Price Spikes – Exchanges Drive Growth As Retail Interest A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of Bitcoin ...
Possible Consequences of Brexit on the FinTech Industry
June 29th, 2016
Financial Technology (FinTech) is an economic ecosystem or industry consisting of companies, mainly startups, that employ technology in an innovative way in order to improve the way that financial services operate, e.g. payments and transfers, auditing, contracts, policy enforcement, ...
Biggest developments in fintech in 2016
June 23rd, 2016
To get to grips with one of the 21st century’s biggest changes in digital – especially in regards to finance and investment – is no easy task for any business. Startups, SMEs and even multi-national corporations have discovered that ...
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 ...
An Everyman’s Guide To Understanding Cryptocurrencies
June 13th, 2016
Cryptocurrencies have a role that could increase as global currencies are devalued. When an asset rises by almost 30% in a few weeks, it tends to attract attention. Recently, that asset was bitcoin (BTC). The price of BTC in ...
4 Unexpected Events That Would Rocket Bitcoin in 2016
June 9th, 2016
The price of bitcoin is undoubtedly volatile, and the enormous swings in price, both up and down, can be difficult to analyze and even harder to predict. A lot of what happens in bitcoinland is wildly unexpected; here are ...
Five fintech start-ups aiming to replace traditional banking
June 9th, 2016
According to recent data from Accenture, funding for fintech companies reached a staggering £3.7bn in the first quarter of 2016 alone. With global investment growing at such a rapid rate, traditional banking services are finally beginning to realise the ...
Three reasons why bitcoin’s price is surging higher
June 1st, 2016
Bitcoin is trading at its highest price in almost two years, driven by several factors including market conditions in Asia, according to experts in the cryptocurrency. The online currency ended Monday at around $542.77 and hit a high of ...
