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Non-cash payment volumes are expected to continue on a high growth trajectory in 2014, according to the World Payments Report 2015 from Capgemini and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). They are projected to grow at a rate of 8.9% to reach a record high of 389.7 billion transactions,2 up from 2013’s 7.6% growth rate. Driven by a [...]

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Just week after Nine of the largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse, thirteen more top banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, havebacked the consortium led by financial tech firm R3 that is working on a framework for using blockchain technology in markets. Nine other banks had already signed up to the initiative, which [...]

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and a whole raft of others. There has been plenty of talk about mobile wallets, but now, as the “Pays” begin to roll out we take a brief look at their difference. The infographic above, created by CNN Money, breaks down the major differences between the three major Pays as well as PayPal and Bitcoin methods [...]

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Although Bitcoin is undoubtedly the most popular cryptocurrency, it is by no means the only one. In fact, the cryptocurrency arena is so rife that the other digital currencies have... more

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Although Bitcoin is undoubtedly the most popular cryptocurrency, it is by no means the only one. In fact, the cryptocurrency arena is so rife that the other digital currencies have their own name – Altcoins. The name, unsurprisingly, is derived from ‘Bitcoin alternative’ and therefore can be used to describe any cryptocurrency that is not [...]

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