Digital currencies

Transaction laundering is gaining steam, and since it uses familiar payment technology, it can be easier to use than virtual currency, writes Ron Teicher of EverCompliant.

Toronto-based nanopay Corp. is making MintChip, a digital currency it acquired in 2015 from the Royal Canadian Mint, available to merchants looking for a lower-cost payments channel by leveraging digital cash.

The exchange is adding Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, Zcash and dozens of other cryptocurrencies in exchange for U.S. dollars.

Bitcoin sank as much as 19 percent, putting the digital currency on pace for its worst week since January 2015, as volatility climbs following a record-setting surge in the price.

Currency fluctuations and government policies in countries such as Venezuela are boosting the virtual currency market and putting traditional players on notice, writes Sergey Ponomarev, CEO of SONM.

The world needs faster and cheaper international payments, but more than that it needs censorship-resistant ways to transact.

The vast majority of financial services executives surveyed by Cognizant predict open systems like bitcoin will gain greater prominence over the next five years — slightly more than said the same for private blockchains.

Dan Morehead’s Pantera Capital Management, which calls itself the first U.S. bitcoin investment firm, is buying other digital coins.

American Banker reporter Brian Patrick Eha shares stories and thoughts from his new book, "How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance," and two fintech leaders explain why Charlotte is destined to be the next big fintech hub.

Messaging app Kik Interactive is the latest and potentially most well-established company to delve into a quirky new form of fundraising -- creating its own digital currency.

Bitcoin’s dramatic surge may be more than just a speculative frenzy. The recent rally is being driven partially by enthusiasts rotating out of riskier digital assets and into the more established cryptocurrency, according to industry executives.

Blockchain platform's capital raising is its biggest to date; mutual fund giant now accepts digital currency in its cafeteria as CEO Abigail Johnson embraces it.

Peach Aviation Ltd. will become the first Japanese carrier to accept bitcoin as payment for airline tickets as the discount airline aims to attract more tourists from other parts of Asia.

The creators of a top "altcoin" are building privacy features for JPMorgan's blockchain platform.

Consumer debt breaks the previous mark set back in 2008, but some are worried that people are returning to their profligate ways; Wells Fargo makes greater use of consumer surveys to fix its brand.

U.K.-based global online payments provider Payza is streamlining the process for consumers who transact with bitcoin by making the cryptocurrency directly accessible within its eWallet.

Stellar, which started as a splinter group from Ripple, has formed a for-profit company called Lightyear.io to help financial institutions integrate its software.

Ripple's distributed ledger platform has fed an appetite for cheaper and more efficient cross-border payments, but it may not measure up to the needs of a larger market. Ripple wants to scale its payment system to something resembling a large card network.

The financial press looks at possible ramifications from Jes Staley's attempt to unmask a whistleblower at the British bank; why has the digital currency failed to live up to eight years of hype?

A new company, bridge21, says it is using bitcoin to allow users to send money from the United States to Mexico at better rates than traditional payments companies.