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Dead cows
PayPal has grabbed a large share of the American payments market, with 58% of Americans using the service, which makes up 14% of online payments in the U.S., according to
The research also found Americans keep more than twice the amount of money in PayPal accounts as cash in their own physical wallets. Americans with PayPal accounts have an average of $485 at any given time, compared to $196 in cash.
Copper's decline
The maturation of digital payments in the
The
The main argument against removing the coins is merchants will "round up" prices, thus causing inflation. The Bank of England officials say the overall cash payment share has fallen so much that it reduces the overall opportunity to round up prices if 1p and 2p coins were not an option.
Sunsetting a brand
As blockchain company
Now called Horizon, the company will focus on using the ZEN cryptocurrency to support publishing, a treasury voting system, and a pending ZenVault wallet.
The company also plans an expansion into secure messaging, according to a release.
A boost for crypto payments
Coinbase is adding support for
Ink Pay is a feature from Ink Protocol, a decentralized P2P platform. The feature allows users to research sellers and leave feedback.
Users make payments through third-party marketplaces via ethereum or Ink's own XNK token.
From the Web
WIRED | Wed August 22, 2018 - For Jorge Farias, boss of Venezuelan startup Cryptobuyer, the Petro is personal. Anything in the crypto world is. But it’s a special case with the Petro, the new cryptocurrency sanctioned by Venezuela’s government and designed to boost the bolivar, the country’s inflation-plagued national currency.
Yahoo News | Thu August 23, 2018 - Indonesia-based P2P lending fintech startup KoinWorks has officially become a Series A-company after announcing yesterday that it has received a total of IDR 230 Milyar (US$15.7M) funding led by Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI), with Gunung Sewu and Convergence Venture taking part. KoinWorks claims to be the P2P lending company that owned the majority of retail lending market in the country.
Reuters | Wed August 22, 2018 - Mexico’s next government will look to fintech companies and large corporate banks to increase financial inclusion in the country, where only one-third of adults have a bank account, senior officials said on Tuesday. Arturo Herrera, one of two future deputy finance ministers, said in an interview that the lack of financial inclusion was one of the biggest obstacles in the new government’s fight against poverty, inequality and slow economic growth.
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