Payments

Regulation

Why Blockchain’s Road to Mass Market is Beyond Payments

Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch discusses the upcoming trends in the payment space and how blockchain tech fits into these larger trends.

Business  ·  23 December 2015
Visa

Why Big Banks Got Blockchains Wrong in 2015

Big banks fell in love with blockchain tech in 2015, but do they truly understand their latest obsession?

Markets  ·  21 December 2015
Payments

McKinsey Report Predicts Four Stages of Blockchain Adoption

The wider adoption of blockchain technology by financial incumbents is likely to take place over four stages according to a new report by McKinsey.

Markets  ·  16 December 2015
Visa

Visa Europe Announces Blockchain Remittance Proof-of-Concept

Visa Europe has announced it is working on a proof-of-concept for a blockchain-based remittance service.

Markets  ·  12 November 2015
Payments

Heartland CEO: Blockchain Could Power Trillions in Bank Transactions

CoinDesk speaks to Heartland Payments CEO Bob Carr about his merchant payment services firm and its thesis on bitcoin and the blockchain.

Markets  ·  29 October 2015
Brazil

Payments Vets Join Brazilian Blockchain Startup

Brazil-based bitcoin startup Rippex has announced the former founders of digital payments gateway PagSeguro have joined its team.

Business  ·  4 September 2015
Visa

Visa Working on Blockchain Tech in Innovation Labs

Leading global credit card processing firm Visa will soon begin researching bitcoin and blockchain technology, according to a new report.

Business  ·  12 August 2015
Payments

Bitcoin and Credit Cards Can Co-Exist, CardLinx CEO Says

CoinDesk speaks to CardLinx Association CEO Silvio Taveres about the challenges he sees for bitcoin and the blockchain in payments.

Business  ·  11 August 2015
Payments

FinTech Voices Join Blockchain Conversation at Keynote 2015

New voices from the FinTech community joined ongoing debates in the bitcoin and blockchain space at yesterday's Keynote 2015 conference.

Business  ·  4 August 2015
Visa

Visa: Bitcoin Has a Future in Payments

Speaking at WIRED Money, Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe said bitcoin has a future in payments.

Business  ·  9 July 2015
Banking

JPMorgan CEO: We Can Learn From Technologies Like Bitcoin

Jamie Dimon, chairman and president of JP Morgan Chase, says his bank can learn from disruptive payment systems like bitcoin.

Business  ·  10 April 2015
Payments

Payments VP: One Thing Stands Between Bitcoin and Mass Adoption

CoinDesk speaks to CardinalCommerce VP Alasdair Rambaud on the current state of merchant adoption and why bitcoin is still competitive in e-commerce.

Business  ·  8 April 2015
Payments

CardinalCommerce Adds Bitcoin to Merchant Payments Solution

Merchants using CardinalCommerce for alternative payments processing are now able to accept bitcoin through a partnership with Bitnet.

Business  ·  25 March 2015
Exchanges

BitPay Secures Referral Deal With Heartland Payment Systems

BitPay has signed an agreement with Heartland Payment Systems, one of the largest payment processors in the US.

Tech  ·  10 March 2015
Bitcoin

‘Masked’ Card Lets Online Shoppers Pay Anywhere With Bitcoin

Online privacy company Abine has launched Bitcoin Anywhere, enabling Coinbase users to make bitcoin purchases at any e-commerce site.

Business  ·  4 March 2015