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Samsung becomes latest firm to launch mobile wallet in China
March 29th, 2016
Samsung has officially launched its mobile wallet service in China, in co-operation with local vendor UnionPay. Instead of using cards, the service allows shoppers to use their smartphones to pay for in-store purchases. Last month, Apple launched its own ...
Fitch: U.S. Retail Brokers Focus On Customer Wallet Share
March 10th, 2016
U.S. retail brokers continue to capture more client wallet share and drive a more diverse revenue base, which could support further improvements in their financial performance, according to a special report published today by Fitch Ratings. Reflecting these favorable ...
Password cracking attacks on Bitcoin wallets net $103,000
February 16th, 2016
Hackers have siphoned about $103,000 out of Bitcoin accounts that were protected with an alternative security measure, according to research that tracked six years’ worth of transactions. Account-holders used easy-to-remember passwords to protect their accounts instead of the long cryptographic ...
Could Mike Tyson’s bitcoin wallet be a contender?
January 7th, 2016
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson is taking his interest in the bitcoin market a step further with the launch of a digital “wallet” for the digital currency bitcoin. Last year Tyson used his fame to sponsor an ATM that ...
MasterCard cardholders can now use Vodafone Wallet to pay contactlessly
November 17th, 2015
Vodafone Wallet users will be able to pay for goods and services contactlessly using their MasterCard cards, with the service scheduled to launch to consumers in European markets within weeks. Contactless card payments using Vodafone Wallet require a Vodafone ...
PayPal Announces Launch of PayPal.Me Peer-to-peer Payments Similar to Square Cash or Bitcoin Wallets
September 4th, 2015
Receiving money from a friend, client or anyone else on PayPal just got a little bit easier. Today, the company announced the launch of PayPal.Me, a personal, vanity PayPal link that makes it easy to remind people to send ...
Saxo Payments partners with Allied Wallet to drive plans for global expansion
June 23rd, 2015
Global transactions services provider, Saxo Payments, has partnered with Allied Wallet, an online payment processing and global merchant services solutions provider to support its plans for exponential market growth. Under the agreement, Allied Wallet has joined the Saxo Payments ...
Coinzone to Launch Dedicated Bitcoin Wallet for Europe
April 28th, 2015
Simple and secure web-based wallet will make it easy for European consumers to send, receive, buy and sell Bitcoin Coinzone, a leading Bitcoin payment solution provider dedicated to making it easy for European merchants and consumers to use and ...
Heartbleed Compromises Bitcoin Wallets: Digital Currency Also Built Using OpenSSL
April 14th, 2014
Bitcoin is the latest digital entity to be added to a growing list of organizations compromised by the Heartbleed bug. The Bitcoin Foundation said on Friday that the latest version of Bitcoin Core, the open source software that enables ...
Mt.Gox finds 200,000 bitcoins in old wallet
March 21st, 2014
Embattled exchange Mt.Gox said Friday that it has found 200,000 bitcoins in a “forgotten” digital wallet — a haul worth $116 million at current prices. Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles said in a statement that the bitcoins had been uncovered ...
