Payments

Payments

Deloitte: Blockchain Systems Could Rival ACH Network By 2025

A new Deloitte report suggests that blockchain-based transactions are likely to surge over the next decade.

Markets  ·  10 March 2016
South Africa

South Africa’s eBay Bidorbuy Adds Bitcoin Payments

South African online marketplace Bidorbuy has enabled bitcoin purchases through an integration with BitX.

Business  ·  10 March 2016
Visa

Visa Seeks Developer for ‘Secure, Scalable’ Blockchain Project

Visa has revealed it is seeking to hire a software engineer to help it create a "secure, scalable blockchain network".

Business  ·  2 March 2016
Payments

D+H: 2016 Will See Blockchain Solutions Reach Banking Consumers

D+H executive Moti Porath tells CoinDesk about his firm's recent blockchain integration with its global payments hub.

Markets  ·  1 March 2016
Venture Capital

Sequoia Fund Says Blockchain Could Cut MasterCard Earnings

The operators of Sequoia Fund have predicted the rise of blockchain technology could put a damper on earnings at MasterCard.

Business  ·  29 February 2016
Payments

Payments Players Move on Blockchain Tech in Industry Shake-Up

Incumbent payment companies are becoming the latest firms to attempt to catch the blockchain bandwagon.

Business  ·  25 February 2016
Banking

Dwolla is Back, But Focused on Blockchain, Not Bitcoin

CoinDesk speaks to Dwolla about its hiatus from the bitcoin space and why it's now interested in blockchain business applications

Business  ·  19 February 2016
PayPal

Bitcoin, Online Payments and the Scourge of PayPal

In this opinion piece, former ReadWriteWeb editor Richard MacManus talks about how bitcoin could ease difficulties in running an online business.

Markets  ·  6 February 2016
Payments

Bitcoin Earns Reputation for Poor Payments Standards Participation

Bailey Reutzel examines how the bitcoin community's reluctant to engage over standards could harm the digital currency in the long term.

Tech  ·  6 February 2016
Banking

Japan’s SBI Holdings Teams With Ripple to Launch New Company

SBI Holdings, the financial services business division of Japan’s SBI Group, has announced it is creating a new company with Ripple.

Business  ·  29 January 2016
Payments

Bank of England to Explore Distributed Ledger Tech for Settlement

The Bank of England has said it will consider the impact of distributed ledgers as part of a plan to modernize the country’s settlement system.

Markets  ·  28 January 2016
PayPal

Offline Commerce App Wins $10k at Bitcoin Miami Hackathon

A bitcoin rewards concept took home $10,000 in bitcoin at the second annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon held this weekend at The Lab Miami.

Business  ·  26 January 2016
Payments

Marqeta CEO: Blockchain Tech Isn’t Just a ‘Flash in the Pan’

Marqeta CEO Jason Gardner discusses why the payments space is moving away from digital currency and embracing blockchain tech.

Markets  ·  13 January 2016
Payments

Visa Europe: The Blockchain is ‘No Longer a Choice’

As part of a year-end retrospective, Visa Europe suggested bitcoin and the blockchain will soon be embraced by financial incumbents.

Tech  ·  28 December 2015
Regulation

The Stories That Shaped the Blockchain Narrative in 2015

BuckleySandler LLP counsel Amy Davine Kim recaps how digital currency regulation affected the strategies of bitcoin startups and incumbents in 2015.

Markets  ·  28 December 2015