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November 20, 2012
WordPress Extends Payments Acceptance With Bitcoin

WordPress users worldwide will now be able to pay for upgrades such as ad-free blogging and custom design with virtual currency Bitcoins. The blog publishing platform decided to allow the...

November 19, 2012
WordPress Begins Accepting Bitcoin Payments

WordPress has begun to accept Bitcoin as a form of payment when its customers purchase account upgrades. The blogging platform has cited Bitcoin’s role as a “universal” currency as its...

November 19, 2012
First National Innovation Brokers Introduces Virtual Currency

Swiftcoin is a new virtual currency that, much like Bitcoin, provides its users with secure and anonymous method of payment. Also like Bitcoin, it is only exchanged electronically – through...

October 31, 2012
20121031-Bitcoin Black Friday: Reinventing Virtual Currency

Introducing Bitcoin Friday: an event mirroring Black Friday meant to increase Bitcoin awareness, engage in some image rehabilitation, and offer great deals for those already using Bitcoin as a currency. Read...

October 31, 2012
Bitcoin Black Friday: Reinventing Virtual Currency

If you’re considering trying out Bitcoin as an alternative to your nation’s currency, Friday, November 9 will be a good day to start. In an attempt to raise Bitcoin awareness,...

October 30, 2012
Virtual Currencies Unregulated But Not Threatening, ECB Says

The European Central Bank has decided that virtual currencies are gaining traction in the continent and decided to dedicate an analysis report to them. The report aims to provide “the...

October 18, 2012
More Than Half Of BitCoins Not In Circulation

According to a recent study 78% of BitCoin’s virtual currency is not in circulation and remains inactive in accounts that have not carried out outgoing transactions. Read the full story...

September 27, 2012
Bitcoin Foundation Launches As Nonprofit Corporation To Foster Bitcoin Acceptance

A new nonprofit corporation known as Bitcoin Foundation has launched to help accelerate the global acceptance and use of Bitcoins. The Bitcoin Foundation will follow the model for nonprofit corporations...

September 13, 2012
Facebook And iPhone Get Payments World Tweeting

Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday. @noahelkin: There you have it, direct form Phil Schiller: “It’s...

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AML/KYC
How Gemini Balances User Privacy With AML And KYC Compliance Cryptocurrencies’ anonymous nature makes them popular, but crypto exchange platforms are still required to collect buyers’ personal data for AML and KYC compliance. In the “AML/KYC Tracker,” a PYMNTS and Trulioo collaboration, Elena Hughes, chief compliance officer at Gemini, explains how platforms can selectively collect data to ensure user privacy and adhere to regulations.  
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The Corporate Treasury Shift: Asset Allocation And The New Cryptocurrency Option
More Banks Turn to Crypto, Blockchain to Help Corporates Drive Global Growth Fifty-eight percent of multinationals that do business in six or more countries use cryptocurrencies in their day-to-day operations. A new PYMNTS study of 250 multinational financial institutions (FIs), sponsored by Circle, examines how their corporate customers are using blockchain and crypto to manage liquidity, make payments and drive global growth — and the digital currency imperative it implies for FIs that wish to retain those corporate relationships.