Payy – Fast, Free, Private Payments
Sid Gandhi is the founder and CEO at Polybase Labs, building Payy - to bring fast, free, private payments to the world.
Banxa – Web3’s fiat on-and-off ramp solution
Holger Arians is CEO of Banxa which aims to accelerate Web3 projects with its global on-and-off ramp solution. Through its extensive network of local payment solutions paired with the required crypto licenses, Banxa gives its partners and projects access to global audiences with less friction and higher conversions.
Coins to watch in 2022: Crypto.com’s CRO token
CRO is the native token of the fast growing Crypto.com platform. So what is the token’s utility, and does it have the potential to outperform the market again this year?
Less than 1% of Australians use crypto for payments says RBA
A new report published by the Australian central bank provides insight into consumer payment behavior. The survey has found that Australians increasingly prefer digital payment methods. Cryptocurrencies, however, make up less than one percent of payments in Australia.
The Impact of Blockchain for Government: Insights on Identity, Payments, and Supply Chain
How can blockchain benefit government?
W3C makes progress on web payment standards
Due to a recent update on a long-delayed upgrade to the underlying code of the internet, the world wide web is on the verge of adding a native payments system. The new specifications detail a suite of tools that allow merchants to accept many payment types, including Bitcoin, much more easily. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been working on a currency-agnostic web payment standard for more than two years. The 470-plus member organization is responsible for creating and maintaining the international standards for the world wide web and constantly works with the public and corporations to develop guidelines for its use.
Coinify and Countr partnership brings blockchain payments to 3,000 merchants
Dutch point of sale (POS) software provider Countr recently announced a strategic partnership with European Bitcoin payment provider Conify. The partnership allows Countr to offer a wider variety of alternative payments, including Bitcoin and 13 other cryptocurrencies, for more than 3,000 retailers.
Four Blockchain Use Cases for Banks
This whitepaper sets out four potential use cases for banks including reduction of fraud, KYC, trading platforms and concentrating on the last use case of payments, in considering the possibility of utilising blockchain technology in banking.
Bitcoin service allows businesses to confidently accept instant transactions
Retailers looking to accept bitcoin face many challenges. While Point of Sale and Payment Service providers have become industry titans through simplifying the process, there are still risks that need to be considered.
Bitwage reports dramatic growth, while expanding services
Founded in 2013, bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service, Bitwage, offers fast and low-cost payroll services, distributed in fiat currencies and bitcoin. The company currently has over 6,000 registered users and has processed almost $8 million in payroll transactions.
Emerging Markets Driving the payments transformation
In this paper, we examine the current state of the payments industry across the emerging markets, identify key drivers and developments already underway and determine what is required to realise the market potential between now and 2030. A key focus of the paper is the steps being taken by merchants, customers, payment companies, regulators and PSPs towards creating a successful electronic payments infrastructure.
Credit Suisse analysis as to how blockchain can impact stocks
In this report, we reassess our views on the extent to which bitcoin and its underlying technology, blockchain, present a disruptive threat and/or opportunity to global incumbents operating in the payments, capital markets, financial services and media ecosystems. We leverage Credit Suisse's global franchise to deliver the collective cross-sector and cross-border insights of 31 contributing analysts across 5 sectors and 5 key geographies, providing 14 key stock calls.
Credit Suisse analysis as to how blockchain can impact stocks
In this report, we reassess our views on the extent to which bitcoin and its underlying technology, blockchain, present a disruptive threat and/or opportunity to global incumbents operating in the payments, capital markets, financial services and media ecosystems. We leverage Credit Suisse's global franchise to deliver the collective cross-sector and cross-border insights of 31 contributing analysts across 5 sectors and 5 key geographies, providing 14 key stock calls.
Distributed Ledgers in Payments: Beyond the Bitcoin Hype
The report spends time describing âestablished technologies, â that distributed ledgers combine. The block chain, Digital signatures, A consensus mechanism, and A digital currency.
10th Advanced Payments Report 2016
Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC), the global strategy consultancy, released their 10th Advanced Payments Report 2016 (APR 2016), sponsored by Wirecard, the global financial services and technology company. It provides perspectives and insights from payment industry executives, analysts, and stakeholders obtained from interviews, discussions, and EDCâs annual online advanced payments survey of over 500 industry professionals.
Bitwage announces payroll service for Europeans
Bitwage, a bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service provider, recently announced the release of Bitwage Payroll service for Individuals (BPI) in Europe. Founded in 2013, by CEO John Lindsay and President Jonathan Chester, Bitwage was originally created as a bitcoin payroll service for employers. In November 2014, the company expanded its service to employees and freelancers, without requiring their employers or clients to sign up.
