Remittances

Remittances

Why a TechCrunch Editor Left His Job for a Bitcoin Startup

Why did one of TechCrunch’s longest-serving editors leave a media giant for a bitcoin startup?

Markets  ·  9 March 2016
Banking

The Case for Ripple in the Age of Big Bank Blockchains

CoinDesk profiles distributed ledger startup Ripple's recent market strategy for XRP, the digital asset, in the face of new competitors.

Business  ·  2 March 2016
Venture Capital

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Backs Blockchain Startup’s $2 Million Round

South Korean blockchain remittance provider Streami has closed a $2m seed round that included funding from Shinhan Bank.

Business  ·  24 December 2015
Banking

Hands On With Visa Europe’s Bitcoin Remittance App

Visa Europe Collab walked us through the bitcoin remittances proof-of-concept prototype they built with the startup Epiphyte.

Business  ·  5 December 2015
Africa

Why Visa Europe is Testing Remittances on the Bitcoin Blockchain

Visa Europe discusses why it is using the bitcoin blockchain as part of its new proof-of-concept for the remittance market.

Tech  ·  25 November 2015
Venture Capital

KPCB Leads $12.5 Million Round for Blockchain Firm Align Commerce

Blockchain payments startup Align Commerce has raised $12.5m in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Business  ·  17 November 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
MoneyGram

MoneyGram: Bitcoin Will Fail to Disrupt Remittances

CoinDesk speaks to MoneyGram executive vice president Peter Ohser about why he believes bitcoin will fail to disrupt the remittance market.

Markets  ·  2 November 2015
Startups

Bitcoin Startup Abra Moves to Launch Mobile Remittance App

Abra is gearing up to release its bitcoin-powered remittance app in the next few weeks, pending final approval from the Apple App Store.

Business  ·  22 October 2015
Venture Capital

Remittance Firm Toast Pivots from Bitcoin, Raises $850,000

Singapore-based remittance startup Toast, previously known as Cryptosigma, has pivoted away from bitcoin and blockchain technology and reportedly raised $850,000 (S$1.2m) in seed funding. The startup – which seeks to facilitate remittances for Filipino workers living in Singapore – announced its re-branding in a blog post in July and said it would for now operate […]

Business  ·  9 October 2015
Ripple Labs

Ripple Releases Interledger to Connect Banks and Blockchains

CoinDesk speaks to Ripple about Interledger, its new protocol aimed at connecting bank and blockchain ledgers.

Tech  ·  8 October 2015
Startups

Tunisia’s Post Office Trials Crypto-Powered Payments App

Tunisia's post office, La Poste Tunisienne, today revealed it is testing a crypto-powered payments app for 600,000 of its customers.

Business  ·  8 October 2015
Venture Capital

Bitcoin-to-Cash App Abra Raises $12 Million Series A

Abra, the startup developing a bitcoin powered remittance app, has raised just over $12 million in new funding.

Business  ·  10 September 2015
Insurance

AXA Eyeing Bitcoin for Remittance Market

AXA is eyeing bitcoin to help streamline the remittance market, the general partner of its VC fund has told CoinDesk.

Business  ·  7 September 2015
Startups

African Remittance Firm Beam Stops Bitcoin Service in Pivot

Beam has announced it will no longer focus on using bitcoin in an attempt to disrupt the Ghanaian remittance market.

Business  ·  31 August 2015