Thailand to Tax Cryptocurrencies
Taxes on cryptocurrency? That’s what regulators in Thailand are planning to institute. According to a report by Nikkei Asian Review,...
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Boston Startup Nift Raises $16.5M for Business Gift Cards
Boston-based startup Nift has raised $16.5 million in a Series A to fund its platform for “business gift cards,” a...
Google to Expand Tez Outside of India
Google is looking to expand Tez, the mobile payment platform it launched in India last year, to other markets in...
Barclays Shuts Down Online Banking Services on Easter Weekend
Barclays customers across Europe will not be able to use their mobile banking app this weekend. The major U.K. bank...
Bitcoin’s Worst Quarter Yet as its Value Plummets below $7K
Bitcoin has reached a new low today, dropping below the $7,000 mark. This drop, represents a 51-day low, marking the...
Messaging App Telegram Raises $1.7B in ICO
The messaging app Telegram has raised more money with its initial coin offering, logging another $850 million, the SEC reported...
HSBC Partners With PayPal for Corporate Payments
Add HSBC to list of major banks that have partnered with payments company PayPal. Today, HSBC announced that as a...
‘Most ICOs Are Scams,’ VC Says [VIDEO]
It may come as no surprise to hear that venture capitalists are skeptical about investing in initial coin offerings (ICOs)....
Braintree’s New ‘Extend’ Service Deepens Merchant Partnerships
EXCLUSIVE - Braintree has some work to do. In order for the digital payments system provider to become the comprehensive commerce...
Banks Are ‘Dipping Their Toe’ into Public Blockchains, Says Chain CEO [VIDEO]
Blockchain technology has been talked about in banking for so long that readers here can be excused for being a...
