China Cracks Down on Bitcoin Mining as Country’s Top Crypto Exchange Moves to Japan
The central bank of China is tightening its grip on bitcoin mining in the state, telling local governments that it...
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Will 2018 Be Ether’s Year?
EXCLUSIVE - If 2017 was the year that brought bitcoin into mainstream finance, will 2018 be the year for ether?...
Number of Chinese Mobile Payments Approaches 1 Trillion
Mobile payments have been a major trend in 2017, especially for China. This comes as no surprise, with China's expanding...
Russian Cryptocurrency Designed to Evade Western Sanctions
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has commissioned work on a state-run cryptocurrency that can circumvent other cryptocurrency sanctions around the world....
Canadian Firm Fintech Select Launches ‘Physical Bitcoin’ Product
Fintech Select, a financial technology firm based in Canada, has created a “physical bitcoin” product to pair with its “Selectcoin”...
Cashless Businesses May Mean Trouble for the Underbanked
The #cashless movement is growing in cities like New York and San Francisco, where, paradoxically, a number of businesses remain...
Mobile Rideshare App Grab Launches in Cambodia
Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab has launched today in Cambodia, partnering with the country’s top mobile banking services provider to...
How IBM Is Helping Smaller FIs Get on the Zelle Train
EXCLUSIVE - In 2017, the U.S. payments landscape underwent significant change. One of the most important ingredients for this change...
Blockchain in Cross-Border Payments and Other Things IBM is Looking at in 2018
EXCLUSIVE - Blockchain in cross-border payments will be big in 2018. At least that’s what IBM’s Rajesh Venkatraman, director of worldwide...
2018 is The Year Mastercard Will Make Biometrics ‘Impactful’
EXCLUSIVE—Biometrics have been a fintech buzzword for a while now, but 2018 is where companies like Mastercard are going to...
