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Bitcoin Daily: Monerium Partners With Algorand To Enable Blockchain Transactions; Square To Build Lightning Development Kit To Enhance Bitcoin Wallets

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Sean Ford, Algorand’s chief operating officer. Monerium lets its customers develop their financial services based on the blockchain, including cross-border settlements using fiat currency. The deal was announced on Tuesday (Jan. “Supporting new blockchains with mainstream relevance is a priority for Monerium.”

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VCs Back Bitcoin For B2B Payments, AI For Enterprise Analytics

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The others, however, are working with more cutting-edge tech, including bitcoin and artificial intelligence (AI), and just so happened to see the largest funding rounds of the week. based BitPay works with financial institutions, corporations and consumers to facilitate payment acceptance and initiation using bitcoin.

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Neobank Revolut Applies For UK Financial Services License 

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customers expect from their everyday primary bank account.” . He added that Revolut strives to be “the best in class for customer experience, value and capabilities” and offer a full range of services from deposit accounts and overdraft protection to loans and credit cards. The company added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017.

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Blockchain for KYC: Game-changing RegTech Innovation

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While blockchain’s decentralized, distributed-ledger technology is most popularly known as the basis for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, among the thought leaders with whom I work this is only scratching the surface of the potential of blockchain for business. Customer Experience. Consider, for example, the blockchain space.

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NCR’s Cardtronics Bid – And The Rise Of Self-Service Banking At The ATM 

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Banks, he noted, are increasingly having to embrace a digital-first experience. And amid that digital-first mindset, the banking experience may be increasingly moving toward self-service. But there still remains the desire to have branch banking services, as 35 percent of customers surveyed want access to those activities.

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THE LIST Teams With BitBay Pay; Monese Rolls Out Apple Pay Support

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as well as France, Wirecard joined forces with Cimple Marketing for an Alipay implementation at Stockmann -operated department stores in The Baltics as well as Finland and Upco International Inc. Through the offering, shoppers can tap into the company’s app to make payments through bitcoin. In other news, Upco International Inc.

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How Bitbuy Is Keeping Crime Out Of Crypto

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The company has focused tightly on security as it helps its user base purchase, sell and trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and XRP. Thwarting fraud and making usage as secure as possible are key concerns for Canadian trading platform Bitbuy.