What is a Hashed Timelock Contract?
There are a lot of aspects about cryptocurrency most people have never heard of. One of these technological features goes by the name of Hashed Timelock Contracts. This feature …
Tag: Payments
Is Mobile Payment Tech Still Insecure?
It began in the ‘80s, when an American cryptographer began toying around with the idea of cryptocurrency. In 1994, the first-ever online purchase was made: a pepperoni pizza. Later …
Top 7 Bitcoin Merchant Services
January 26, 2017
Featured
In the world of bitcoin and cryptocurrency, there is a growing demand for merchant services. Quite a few companies offer payment processing capabilities, although some enterprises have a much …
Top 4 Types of Fraud Affecting the E-Commerce Sector
Fraud remains a significant threat to the e-commerce ecosystem as we know it today. Criminals tend to come up with new methods to defraud vendors and retailers every year. …
UK Payments Regulator Gets Rid of Bank Monopoly With Aggressive Strategy
For the longest time, banks have held a monopoly position over infrastructure projects related to the payments sector. That situation is changing rapidly, as the UK’s Payments System Regulator …
Visa Pushes Back EMV Adoption Timeline Plans By Three Years
EMV payment card technology brings additional security features to both consumers and retailers. Even though both Visa and Mastercard want to prioritize the acceptance of this technology as soon …
New Visa Report Indicates Cash-based Christmas Shopping is On The Way Out
November 30, 2016
Finance
Visa, the world’s leading payment card issuer, stated how cash is slowly becoming a thing of the past in the United Kingdom. With £28bn spent on Visa cards on …
Visa Clarifies Debit Routing Protocol To Boost EMV Adoption in The US
For quite some time now, there have been concerns over how major credit card issuers route debit payments. Both Visa and Mastercard have been scrutinized over their methods in …
Mobile Payment Adoption Seems Decades Away
November 18, 2016
News, Technology
Mobile payments are touted as a financial revolution that will take off by 2020. Granted, some countries are leapfrogging the rest of the world in this department, but that …