Mobile payments are on the rise lately. With more companies that are payments, it is hard to look the other way when thinking of mobile…
Posts published in October 2013
Online tobacco store starts to accept bitcoin
We have seen Bitcoin slowly become a more accepted currency lately. With more online stores and services that accept Bitcoin, it is no surprise to…
Continental Anti-HFT Sentiment: European Parliament Reaches Draft Deal To Curb Practice
As last week drew to a close, lawmakers within the European Parliament reached a draft deal with national governments within the member states relating to…
Thomson Reuters Maintains Asia FX Hold as Vietnam Central Bank Deploys FX Trade Monitoring System
Thomson Reuters, one of the leading providers of foreign exchange dealing systems to the interbank market has reported a strategic offering with Vietnam’s central bank.…
A Russian Forex Industry Roundtable
Among the most populous countries in the world, Russia represents . It’s also the source for much of retail markets’ technology, headed by leading platform…
MercadoLibre and ChannelAdvisor to take on Latin America
MercadoLibre, Latin America’s largest operator of online retail marketplaces has announced that they have joined forces with ChannelAdvisor. ChannelAdvisor is a US based company that…
U.S. authorities, in continuation of their investigation of, have confiscated an additional $28 Million worth of Bitcoins. On October 1st, we reported the FBI seizure…
Youni, SMS with money attached
Shanghai Youni Network Technology, a subsidiary of Chinese operator of online games and book publisher, Shanda, has announced the launch of their new social payment…
Service Objects brings down risk with TOR detection
Santa Barbara based Service Objects, an industry leader in Real-Time Contact Validation solutions, have devised a new system to help bring down the amount of…
Bank of Canada Makes Week Bad for Canadian Dollar
This week was bad for the Canadian dollar as the central bank hurt the currency after it dropped its hawkish stance and refrained from mentioning plans for an interest rate hike. It looks like…