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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock Subsidiary Puts $2.5M In ‘GrainPay’; US Govt Works To Make Crypto Transactions Transparent

Bitcoin Daily: Overstock Subsidiary Puts $2.5M In ‘GrainPay’; US Govt Works To Make Crypto Transactions Transparent
Bitcoin Daily: Overstock Subsidiary Puts $2.5M In ‘GrainPay’; US Govt Works To Make Crypto Transactions...
December 05, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency exchange ErisX announced that it has raised $27.5 million from investors, including Fidelity Investments and Nasdaq Ventures. The exchange is set to launch next...

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Healthcare Payments’ ‘30 Pct Of The 30 Pct’ Problem
Healthcare Payments’ ‘30 Pct Of The 30 Pct’ Problem
December 05, 2018  |  Healthcare

Health care is changing, and patients are footing an ever larger portion of the bill.  That makes for an onerous debt burden at times -...

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Why The Merchant Countertop Needs A Tech Update
Why The Merchant Countertop Needs A Tech Update
December 05, 2018  |  Retail

So much is changing in retail and payments these days — the seemingly unstoppable rise of mobile, for instance, or the transformation of cars and...

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Is #donate The First Step To #buy?
Is #donate The First Step To #buy?
December 05, 2018  |  Matchmakers

By almost any measure, John Gossart, COO and Co-founder of fundraising resource Goodworld, has done more than his fair share of public service. He served two...

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SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS
SIA’s Third-Party Approach To RTGS
December 05, 2018  |  Faster Payments

It's a daunting challenge for a country to create its own real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system, much less seamlessly migrate to it. However, third-party infrastructure...

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Is mPOS The New Nonprofit Nonoptional?
Is mPOS The New Nonprofit Nonoptional?
December 05, 2018  |  MPOS Tracker

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Instagram Users In India May Get A ‘Buy’ Button In 2019
Instagram Users In India May Get A ‘Buy’ Button In 2019
December 04, 2018  |  Retail

Instagram users in India might be able to shop inside the app next year, according to a report from Mint. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Mastercard Incurs $650M Charge Over EU Antitrust Fine
Mastercard Incurs $650M Charge Over EU Antitrust Fine
December 04, 2018  |  ANTITRUST

Mastercard incurred a $650 million fourth-quarter charge related to a large fine over a 2015 EU antitrust investigation, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Dec. 4). Get the Full Story...

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Merchant Cash Advance Firms In NY AG’s Crosshairs
Merchant Cash Advance Firms In NY AG’s Crosshairs
December 04, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

The NY AG is looking into how state courts are a weapon against small business owners, who sign documents that allow merchant cash advance firms...

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