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Starbucks is testing the use of Bakkt Cash cryptocurrency as a mobile payments option

03/20/202003/19/2020 Stephanie Beck

Bakkt Cash cryptocurrency - Starbucks Store - Starbucks Employees

The coffee chain is conducting a limited test of the crypto among its many digital transaction options. Starbucks is testing a method for allowing its users to choose Bakkt Cash cryptocurrency to pay for coffee and food through the mobile app. The testing period was announced in a tweet by Adam White, the crypto’s president. The Bakkt Cash cryptocurrency – pronounced as “backed” – is overseen by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) as a Bitcoin futures exchange. ICE also owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Earlier this month, the digital currency…

QFPay digital payments receives funding to expand globally

08/14/201908/13/2019 Sam Lambert

QFPay digital payments recieves funding - Investors - money

QR code-based payment technology company, QFPay receives $20 million in funding. The new funding comes from QFPay digital payments investors, Sequoia Capital China and Matrix Partners. The Hong Kong-based company also received funding from new investors, Japan-based Rakuten Capital, Dubai-based VentrueSouq, and the corporate VC arm of Telkom Indonesia, MDI Ventures. With this new financial support, QFPay intends to expand its digital payments presence further. These new investments will give QFpay digital payments the chance to not only continue to expand within its core markets across Asia, but also further…

Canadian shoppers can use Bitcoin payments for Newegg purchases

04/04/201804/03/2018 Sam Lambert

Bitcoin Payments - Canada Newegg Accepts Bitcoin

The online computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer will now accept the top cryptocurrency. Newegg recently announced that its Canadian customers will be able to make bitcoin payments to complete purchase transactions. The cryptocurrency is now listed among the retailer’s accepted transaction methods. The company revealed its new adoption of cryptocurrency in a recent press release. American consumers have been able to make bitcoin payments at Newegg since August 2014. This made the company one of the first ever major retailers to accept the cryptocurrency. According to Newegg, since it…

Mobile payments growth gap barely there between millennials and older generations

07/28/201707/26/2017 Jennifer Goula

Visa has been taking aim at Singapore for the creation of a cashless society, with surprising findings. Visa’s effort to turn Singapore into a cashless society has centered heavily around promoting mobile payments growth. The credit card giant recently released its Consumer Payment Attitudes Survey 2016, revealing some unexpected data. It came as little shock that Singaporeans are embracing mobile payment transactions for many purchases. Singapore mobile payments growth has been greatly driven by the willingness of the people to use their smartphones for on demand services as well as…

Mobile payments will have eliminated cash by 2030, report

03/22/201603/20/2016 Jesse Collins

According to the predictions released by IEEE, traditional transactions will fall aside that year. Although it can’t be disputed that mobile payments have been having a struggle in taking off and that it has been taking a great deal of effort to try to convince consumers to adopt this technology for using smartphones instead of cash or credit cards while in brick and mortar stores, a recent prediction is indicating that the time will come for this tech. A new report released by IEEE has looked into several related factors…