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Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
January 29, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Francesco Firano, founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been ordered to repay the $170 million worth of cryptocurrency that allegedly went missing last year. According...

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Wirecard Aims To Help Make Stuttgart ‘China Pay City;’ AlipayHK Notches QR Transit Payments Bid
Wirecard Aims To Help Make Stuttgart ‘China Pay City;’ AlipayHK Notches QR Transit Payments Bid
November 15, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Wirecard teaming up with Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH to create the...

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Coinbase Snares Patent For Bitcoin Payments Network
Coinbase Snares Patent For Bitcoin Payments Network
August 17, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, has snagged a patent that looks to bring a measure of security to payments done over bitcoin. As reported by several...

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Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
Amazon Restaurants, Big Threat Or Essential Lifeline?
June 18, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

The restaurant industry today is a study in contradictions. Census data tells us that roughly 44 percent of what consumers spend on food comes from...

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Five At Five: Birchbox’s Buyer And Robot-Prepared Pizza
Five At Five: Birchbox’s Buyer And Robot-Prepared Pizza
May 02, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include details about Birchbox’s future...

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Consumer Convenience, Retail And Payments Disintermediation
Consumer Convenience, Retail And Payments Disintermediation
April 23, 2018  |  Innovation

Disintermediating the established intermediaries has become something of an art form in payments and retail these days. Physical retail is being disintermediated by a host...

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India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
India’s KYC Mobile Payments Roadblock
March 22, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

In late 2016, India’s government surprised the world with a decision to push the race for payment digitization from a marathon to a sprint, by...

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CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule Implementation For A Year
CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Rule Implementation For A Year
January 25, 2018  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has extended the effective date on its 2016 prepaid card rule, among other modifications announced today (Jan. 25). The...

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