Search Results for: wallet
Mastercard pushes for rise in cashless payments
July 6th, 2018
Mastercard is pushing for a bigger uptake of cashless payments, but the company reassured consumers it has “massive contingency plans” for IT failures like those that blocked millions of transactions at rival Visa. Anne Cairns, the group’s vice chairman, ...
Mobile contactless payment users to grow to over 760 million by 2020
July 3rd, 2018
The number of people using mobile contactless payment such as Apple or Google Pay will grow to more than 760 million by 2020, with Apple’s digital wallet leading the way, according to new research. An estimated 440 million people ...
44 Bitcoin forks have emerged within 10 months, crypto investors not convinced
June 26th, 2018
Bitcoin Private, Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Atom, Bitcoin Candy, and Bitcoin Pizza are some of the 44 bitcoin forks that have emerged since the initial Bitcoin Cash hard fork in August of last year, as TNW reported. Within ...
Cryptocurrencies fall as Korean Exchange says $32 Million of coins stolen
June 20th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies dropped after the second South Korean exchange in as many weeks said it was the victim of a theft, renewing concerns about the safety of digital-asset trading venues. Bithumb, ranked by Coinmarketcap.com as the world’s seventh-largest crypto exchange ...
5 Tips For Getting Started with Bitcoin
May 24th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies are increasingly gaining popularity among consumers, investors, and traders as a legal tender. Bitcoin, being the pioneer cryptocurrency, is not only the most popular among the crypto community but also the most reliable way to get one’s feet ...
The top 3 ways to buy cryptocurrency easily
May 24th, 2018
With advancement in technology, so has the world evolved and changed. Today the online market is the way of life. People are opting to conduct their business online. It is now becoming easier and faster with cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency does ...
Bitcoin sees Wall Street warm to trading virtual currency
May 10th, 2018
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York ...
Visa, MasterCard and AmEx propose a new deal for online payments
April 23rd, 2018
The way you pay for things with credit cards or debit cards at bricks-and-mortar retailers is a familiar, standardized process. There have been minor tweaks, like the recent adoption of chip cards or getting rid of signatures, but the ...
Bitcoin rallies above $9,000 after positive G-20 cryptocurrency meeting
March 21st, 2018
Bitcoin prices recovered above $9,000 after regulators had “productive” discussions on cryptocurrency at a G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday. Bitcoin prices topped $9,000 after finance ministers took a more ...
Can Mobile Apps Replace Our Bank Accounts?
March 15th, 2018
In the past few years we’ve gotten used to the concept of digitized money. In large part this is because of the actual cryptocurrency movement, which has introduced things like bitcoin and ethereum, and has some believing that cryptocurrency ...
