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Hold the cash
Domino's is dumping cash as an option at five locations in Australia as part of a pilot, deploying what it calls a "tap and take" system in which consumers tap their card or phone on a keyboard to pay for their orders, reports
The cashless approach fits
But getting rid of cash entirely has drawn a backlash and rules mandating
In the fold
Fold is offering a lightning network feature that's designed to support bitcoin payments at a series of retailers, the latest in a series of attempts to lure merchants to
Fold says available retailers include Starbucks, Whole Foods, AMC, Home Depot and Southwest Airlines, reports
Like most retail cryptocurrency projects, the Fold network converts the cryptocurrency to traditional money before reaching the merchant. Transactions show up as gift card purchases or store credit.
Berlin calling
Revolut is opening a technology center in Berlin and plans to hire about 80 people in software engineering and general product development.
The London-based Revolut hopes to mine talent in a city that's expanding its status as a fintech hub, reports
Revolut is also expanding in
Doubling up
Fire.com, a fintech with offices in Dublin and London, has received an e-money license in the U.K. partly as a Brexit hedge.
The company has been regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland since 2018, a license that was reauthorized in 2018. As a regulated provider in the U.K., the company contends it can support payments in both the U.K. and EU regardless of the outcome of Brexit.
Other fintechs, such as
From the Web
CoinDesk | Wed July 10, 2019 - Anchorage, a company providing crypto custody services for institutional investors, has just raised $40 million in a Series B funding round. The firm said the round was led by Blockchain Capital, with Visa Inc. and existing investors such as Andreessen Horowitz also participating.
Yahoo Finance | Wed July 10, 2019 - Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay Inc. is facilitating payments through two of the most popular mobile payment systems favored by Chinese consumers, Alipay and WeChat Pay, at Harrods’ flagship Knightsbridge store in London.
The Business Times | Thu July 11, 2019 - Australian banks and retailers were thrown into chaos by a telecoms outage that knocked out electronic payment systems and cash machines. The country's four major banks said some of their transaction-handling machines in stores were not working.
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