The KYC Problem In the world of payments and transactions, how do you identify a person? Globally? Some nations have ID cards, most don’t have it. Some have email, quite a few don’t. Many have mobile phones – which makes a great case for it being a unique identifier, but then comes along Mark Zuckerberg …
Who Are You? – The Case for a Global KYC Registry Read More »
Every now and then you come across a brilliant write up. TransferWise just put out a really good short report called The Future of Finance. It deals with a few issues and scenarios in the banking/payments world and how they will shape in the coming years. A must read (pity it is not available as a …
Opponents are sharpening their knives right now. But wait I say. With a global recession imminent, flight of capital is on the minds of many governments (including Russia and China). But it is people’s money and when government has no control over flight over capital – as in the case of Bitcoin, they want to …
Bill Seeking Bitcoin Ban Reaches Russian Legislature – CoinDesk Read More »
It seems Bitcoin’s performance in 2015 was something to celebrate about. Not only did it perform well, it actually beat all the major fiat currencies and gold for the year 2015. Has its time come? I think so. Whilst a lot many startups (read: venture capital money) is being driven into the Blockchain, I think …
It’s Official: Bitcoin was the Top Performing Currency of 2015 Read More »
This is a very interesting read. For the first time, banking literally faces a threat. With a more connected world, the debt that is spiraling out of control, and using fake money to control a fake money supply problem – are all too real. Solutions of the past are now coming to haunt us. Is this …
The banking system faces an existential threat — and it’s not bitcoin – MarketWatch Read More »
Good to know Bitpesa is back in operation! Bitpesa’s services were stopped when Safaricom decided to cut off Bitpesa’s partner from processing transactions on behalf of Bitpesa. Over the past few months, the situation of Bitcoin in Kenya has become a bit of a debacle, as the mobile provider used by BitPesa has cut off …
Bitpesa Resumes Services In Kenya After Partnering With Airtel Money – The Merkle Read More »
Brief, but a decent read as to why it matters. From a South Asian perspective all I can say is access to the global payments (both sending and receiving). Bitcoin truly short-circuits the gap! The most epochal financial transaction of this century, to date, occurred on May 22, 2010. It did not involve Wall Street, …
Pretty nifty article on the Mobile Payment players in the world, though a few localized ones are still missing, nonetheless, a well-researched read. In the final hours of 2015, there’s one general observation to be made about the payments industry this year: Mobile drove the payments innovation bus. Source: 2015 Mobile Payments Players Top News …
2015 Mobile Payments Players Top News Recap | PYMNTS.com Read More »
