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Bitcoin Daily: 7,000 Crypto ATMs Worldwide, Data Says; Marshall Islands Plans National Digital Currency

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The appointed organizer for the initiative, SFB Technologies, tapped the Algorand protocol because of its scalability, speed, security and its “ability to effectively implement required compliance controls and the transaction finality needed for a national currency.” At that time, Robocoin put a machine in a café in Vancouver.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin ATM Installations Approach 10K Globally; Homeland Security Runs Contest For Digital Wallet Development

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In separate news, the overall count of bitcoin automated teller machines (ATMs) approached 10,000 at the beginning of September, aksjebloggen.com reported. There were 9,680 bitcoin ATMs as of the start of the month, marking a 167 percent year-on-year rise. But they have grown in popularity in markets that are not stable.

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Eclipse Acquisition Brings Payment Alliance Int’l 15K More ATMs

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ATM portfolio management tools and services firm Payment Alliance International (PAI) has acquired Arizona-based ATM operator Eclipse Cash Systems for an undisclosed sum. PAI provides scale, as well as industry-leading portfolio management tools for our market partners. PAI has had a busy summer.

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Is India’s ATM Disappearing Act A Digital Payments Boon?

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News came this week that as many as half of the ATMs that dot the country’s landscape may be shuttered by March of 2019. The estimate is courtesy of the Confederation of ATM Industry (CATMi), which focuses on the domestic ATM industry. million ATMs across India, per data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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Bitcoin Daily: BitBay Will No Longer Support Monero’s XMR; Bitcoin ATMs Coming To More Shopping Malls

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As a licensed exchange, BitBay has to follow the market standards. Compliance with market standards and regulations allows us to provide our clients with legal security and convenience of using the exchange, with the participation of a friendly banking system and the availability of payment operators,” BitBay said.

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More Than 50 Percent Of ATMs Now Branch-Independent

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A recent report by RBR has found that, in the offsite ATM arena, marked by burgeoning growth, slightly more than half of all ATMs were located away from bank branches as late as 2015, according to the firm’s Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2021 report.

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National Direct Bank CIT Rolls Out eChecking

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National direct bank CIT Bank is introducing eChecking, a new digital checking account with a wide variety of electronic transfer and payment solutions, the company announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. The new accounts have no monthly fee and offer ATM fee reimbursement of up to $15 a month. checking account. .

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