Payments

Payments

American Express CEO: Bitcoin Protocol Will Be Important

While praising the use case for credits cards, American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault has said he sees potential in blockchain technology.

Business  ·  12 December 2014
Payments

6,000 Merchants in Romania Can Now ‘Opt In’ for Bitcoin Payments

One of the biggest online payment processors in Romania has integrated bitcoin with its merchant services.

Business  ·  9 December 2014
Payments

MasterCard Executive Argues Bitcoin Can’t Be Trusted

In a new video, MasterCard president for South East Asia Matthew Driver indicates that his company is "not completely comfortable" with bitcoin.

Business  ·  4 December 2014
Exchanges

SumUp Brings No-Fee Bitcoin Transactions to European Merchants

SumUp has integrated bitcoin with its mobile point-of-sale solution and will charge no fees through 2015.

Business  ·  6 November 2014
Exchanges

BitPay Aims to Speed Up Bitcoin Checkout with ‘One-Tap’ App

BitPay’s new merchant app could cut queues at the checkout with one-touch bitcoin payments.

Business  ·  5 November 2014
Payments

W3C’s Web Payments Redesign Could Bypass Bitcoin

One of the web's foundational groups is re-examining online payments, but bitcoin is only just entering the conversation.

Tech  ·  31 October 2014
Regulation

FinCEN Rules Bitcoin Payment Processors, Exchanges are Money Transmitters

FinCEN releases new guidance for custodial bitcoin exchanges and payment processors, ruling them money services businesses under US law.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 October 2014
Payments

Payments Veterans Discuss Bitcoin vs Apple Pay at NY Law Conference

Payments veterans waded into the bitcoin vs Apple Pay debate at a New York law conference this week.

Business  ·  23 October 2014
Bitcoin

BitFury Invests in GoCoin for Payments Processing Push

BitFury Capital has announced an undisclosed strategic investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin.

Business  ·  22 October 2014
Venture Capital

Bitnet Lands $14.5 Million Series A Funding to Rival Coinbase, BitPay

Bitnet is targeting large companies with its enterprise bitcoin payments solution and one retail giant is already on board.

Business  ·  20 October 2014
Exchanges

BTC China Adds Mining Pool and Merchant Payment Services

BTC China has expanded its range of services to include a mining pool and payment processing for merchants.

Business  ·  20 October 2014
Payments

Why Apple Pay Is a Threat to Bitcoin

The imminent arrival of Apple Pay should be worrying bitcoin advocates, and here's why.

Business  ·  11 October 2014
Bitcoin

Ex-VeriFone Exec: Bitcoin Isn’t Just Another Crazy Payments Idea

Ex-VeriFone CFO and new BitFury board member Bob Dykes talks about bitcoin in context of payments innovation.

Tech  ·  1 October 2014
Payments

Finland Project Beams Bitcoin Over the Radio Waves

Finnish bitcoin advocates are sending cryptocurrency across the airwaves. Here's how, and why.

Tech  ·  28 September 2014
Exchanges

Indonesian Project Makes Bitcoin Available at 10,000 Stores

Indonesians can now easily buy bitcoins over the counter at their nearest Indomaret store.

Business  ·  3 September 2014