Japan

Bitcoin Tracker: Miner’s Delight
Bitcoin Tracker: Miner’s Delight
April 14, 2017  |  Bitcoin

The past week saw bitcoin (BTC) rise to near-record highs above $1,230, only to fall sharply during Thursday afternoon trading. At the time of writing,...

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Hyperwallet Partners Up With SoftBank for Asia-Pacific Region Expansion
Hyperwallet Partners Up With SoftBank for Asia-Pacific Region Expansion
April 12, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Small businesses and freelancers just got a boost in the Asia-Pacific region. Global payouts provider Hyperwallet just announced its partnership with Japan-based SoftBank Payment Service...

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Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
Rakuten Invests In Singapore Home Share For Business Travelers
April 11, 2017  |  Innovation

There’s little doubt that the home share sector is beginning to boom globally among business travelers, with millennials adopting the practice at a greater rate...

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Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
April 10, 2017  |  Data Dive

As always, those keeping up with the mainstream news cycle are likely feeling the normal Monday morning nervousness today — though perhaps given the rather militaristic...

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Bringing It All Back Home, 1980s-Style
Bringing It All Back Home, 1980s-Style
April 08, 2017  |  Consumer Insights

Trump. Trade wars and real wars, green screens and blue Smurfs. The more things change the more they stay the same, as the 1980s seem...

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Bitcoin Tracker: A Bitcoin In Spring
Bitcoin Tracker: A Bitcoin In Spring
April 07, 2017  |  Bitcoin

A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. While the world’s most...

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InComm Partners With WeChat To Power Digital Payments For Chinese Tourists To Japan
InComm Partners With WeChat To Power Digital Payments For Chinese Tourists To Japan
April 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

InComm, a prepaid product and transaction services company, announced Tuesday (April 4) that InComm Japan is partnering with Tencent FiT, the provider of WeChat Pay...

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Japan Makes Bitcoin Legal Payment Method
Japan Makes Bitcoin Legal Payment Method
April 04, 2017  |  Bitcoin

While bitcoin has recently suffered some defeats in the U.S. at the hands of the SEC, not all news has been bad news. In a...

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Japan’s Line Corp. To Launch AI App, Speaker
Japan’s Line Corp. To Launch AI App, Speaker
March 02, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Line Corp., owner of Japan’s most popular messaging service, is getting into the artificial intelligence market in a big way by outlining an ambitious plan that...

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