Coinsetter CEO Jaron Lukasiewicz talks about the challenges bitcoin faces in the credit card market, and why he's bullish on its impact in remittance.
Bill Gates has commented on bitcoin's possible future ahead of the release of the Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation's annual letter.
Bitspark has rolled out its second bitcoin-powered remittance service in a month, catering this time to Indonesian workers in Hong Kong.
Align Commerce is using bitcoin as a method for moving value and the blockchain to provide tracking for payments.
Philippine remittance service Coins.ph now allows users to send funds for collection at a network of bank ATMs.
Bitcoin remittances can make immigrant workers' lives easier without them even knowing the digital currency is involved.
By connecting a bitcoin sender to local exchangers, startup HelloBit wants to lower the costs of cross-border payments.
Hong Kong startup Bitspark is offering a new remittance service that slashes costs by one-third with bitcoin.
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin to cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia.
A Swedish startup called Bitrefill offers a service that lets users buy mobile-phone credit in 113 countries with bitcoin.
Western Union chief information officer John "David" Thompson says bitcoin is innovative but its success on a global scale remains uncertain.
Ghana-based remittances service Beam has launched a bitcoin donations service for charities fighting against ebola in Sierra Leone.
Ghana-based startup Beam plans to disrupt the local remittance market using the low cost, speed and convenience of bitcoin.
Coins.ph has built a mobile bitcoin wallet app with an eye on emerging market use cases, particularly Philippines remittances.
What bitcoin means as a real-world technology solution probably depends on where users are specifically located.