Bio-payments may soon streamline the development of frictionless transactions.
Snapcard expands its bitcoin services through a newly formed partnership with UniPAY, a Georgia-based digital wallet and payment services provider.
American Express Ventures, the strategic investment group within American Express is recently made US$ 12 million investment in Abra’s Series A funding round. Abra is a remittance service that utilizes blockchain technology.
The Winklevoss twins made the headlines in popular media outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, and TechCrunch for founding the Bitcoin exchange Gemini.
Bitreserve, a flourishing bitcoin startup, announced that it is in the process of rebranding in order to cater to a wider spectrum of customers.
Last month, Russian payment company Qiwi announced that they are planning to float a new cryptocurrency called “bitruble.”
One of the largest gaming marketplaces, G2A announced that they have partnered with BitPay in order to accept payment from users through Bitcoin.
Digital currencies are mostly used for ecommerce payments, but a recent partnership between two innovative payment companies will allow bitcoin acceptance at retail merchants.
In the series A funding, Coinplug raised around $3.3 million and with this latest round, its cumulative funding has reached $8.3 million.
Leading Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has announced that its users from 26 European countries now can make instant purchase of Bitcoin with their 3D Secure credit and debit cards.
The director of ABN Amro’s innovation center shared his views on bitcoin during a recent interview, citing its limited potential in the fintech space.
BitPay has teamed up with the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) and enabling potential donors to send their donation via Bitcoin.
For the recently-formed coalition of Citrus Pay and Qwikcilver, there's a less expected platform afoot for mobile payments: gift cards.
Uber, a leading ride sharing platform, announced a new service that caters to large gatherings: UberEVENTS.
KeepKey has introduced its hardware wallet for the consumer market. With this new USB based offline Bitcoin wallet, consumers can now store their cryptocurrency in a safe place.