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Amazon, the company which once only focused on e-commerce, now is also a technology giant. But it just doesn’t stop there. Now the company has revealed its future plans to step into the financial game and wants you to pay with your hands not credit cards.Amazon is now working on a system with which customers might be able to pay for their items with their palms or hands. This system is specifically for physical stores so that people could purchase their items at checkouts much faster.This...

Charlie Bilello highlights the performance of Mastercard and Visa in an attempt to shoot down bitcoin. In terms of returns, bitcoin has dramatically outperformed the two financial companies. When it comes to transaction volume, Visa and Mastercard have significantly outpaced the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has no shortage of critics. Some of them love to cherry pick statistics to rip the top cryptocurrency. I have yet to see someone slam bitcoin in an area where it...

It looks like Visa is on an investing spree. One of the world’s leading payment processors is heavily investing in fintech companies, which could indicate, that Visa is on the verge of some kind of change. Or that they simply want to support the expansion of fintech. Just recently Visa invested around $5.3 million in a fintech company Plaid. Now it’s turn for VGS.While the investment in Plaid was revealed, this investment in VGS (Very Good Security) currently is undisclosed.However, this is...

XRP gave the crypto community an unexpected gift when it rose by 10 percent on Tuesday. The third biggest cryptocurrency has been sluggish in its movement, barely keeping up with other top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). But in what resembled a rush of adrenaline, XRP astonished crypto investors when it regained strength to take back the $0.244 level. This event is so remarkable because this is the first show of strength XRP has managed to achieve since November ending of 2019.Now that...

Deutschland, kurz vor Weihnachten: Kartenzahlung war nicht immer möglich. Kurz vor Weihnachten berichteten deutschlandweit Verbraucher von Problemen beim Zahlungsverkehr. Kartenzahlung waren in vielen Geschäften nicht möglich. Doe Bankkunden vieler Geldinstitute betroffen, Aldi, Mediamarkt, Saturn, Rossmann, Real, dm und viele mehr. Der aktuelle Vorfall zeigt einmal mehr:...

Deutschland, kurz vor Weihnachten: Kartenzahlung war nicht immer möglich. Kurz vor Weihnachten berichteten deutschlandweit Verbraucher von Problemen beim Zahlungsverkehr. Kartenzahlung waren in vielen Geschäften nicht möglich. Doe Bankkunden vieler Geldinstitute betroffen, Aldi, Mediamarkt, Saturn, Rossmann, Real, dm und viele mehr. Der aktuelle Vorfall zeigt einmal mehr:...

Bitcoin und PayPal unerwünscht? YouTube entfernt Videos mit Krypto-Inhalten. Google betreibt Youtube und hat ohne Vorankündigung beschlossen, Videos zum Thema Bitcoin und anderen Kryptowährungen als „schädlich und gefährlich“ zu kennzeichnen und vom Netz zu nehmen. Allerdings ist Youtube dabei etwas zu gründlich vorgegangen und hat auch Videos von bekannten Vloggern wie beispielsweise Chris Dunn gelöscht: Der Kanal von Chris Dunn verfügt...

Bitcoin und PayPal unerwünscht? YouTube entfernt Videos mit Krypto-Inhalten. Google betreibt mit Youtube das bekannteste Videoportal. Und nun hat Youtube ohne Vorankündigung beschlossen, Videos zum Thema Bitcoin und anderen Kryptowährungen als „schädlich und gefährlich“ zu kennzeichnen und vom Netz zu nehmen. Allerdings ist Youtube dabei etwas zu gründlich vorgegangen und hat auch Videos von bekannten Vloggern wie beispielsweise Chris Dunn...

In what seems like a perfect match, Accenture has entered into a working relationship with a blockchain startup TradeIX to begin onboarding service for clients onto the Marco Polo Network. Sources have indicated that the relationship between the two entities began after Accenture made a yet-to-be-known investment in TradeIX. Accenture will provide specific use-case scenarios that go beyond their traditional banking services to provide unique solutions that involve trade finance for clients...

The trade war between the U.S. and China has been ongoing for many months and has somehow wiggled its way into pretty much any conversation that involves the U.S. or China. Some other countries are sometimes dragged into the mix because some of the effects of the tensions have been felt by these countries even though they aren’t directly involved. However, there might be some respite soon and with it, the chance that a few stocks might be worth good money if things go right.CNBC’s Jim Cramer...