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July 26, 2016
The impact of the recent ethereum hard fork is extending far beyond message boards and forums, serving as a learning lesson even for firms actively engaged in building […]
July 26, 2016
Two of the biggest card brands in the world made significant strategic moves last week. Mastercard followed up its announcement that it would expand its Masterpass […]
July 27, 2016
Bitcoin micropayments startup SatoshiPay is developing a new proof-of-concept with Visa Europe’s innovation unit. Work on the project was first disclosed earlier this year, when Visa […]
July 30, 2016
Nadja van der Veer is a Dutch Lawyer with 10 years of experience in the international Payments industry. She is a legal expert in the rules and […]
August 9, 2016
In light of the continued blockchain related security hacks (e.g. the DAO and Bitfinex, to just name two recently visible ones), a fundamental question is front […]
August 21, 2016
Mastercard is driving practical and effective solutions to address the industry’s Bank Identification Number (BIN) situation – expanding BIN supply and inspiring smarter BIN use through […]
September 20, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has advised that the European Commission establish a regulatory regime specific to virtual currencies such as bitcoin. Commenting on the commission’s proposal to amend […]
September 26, 2016
Banks are rushing to adopt blockchain — the database technology that underpins bitcoin — in order to cut costs, but technologists and business people are having […]
September 26, 2016
Today, Europol, INTERPOL, and the Basel Institute on Governance have formalised the establishment of a tripartite partnership for a working group on money laundering with digital […]
September 26, 2016
Blockchain applications live in their own digital realm, totally orthogonal to the “meat space” also known as the Real World™. Be it decentralized application or smart […]