The Currency Scene
INFOGRAPHIC: Bitcoin Halving: Definitive Guide (In Just 5 Minutes)
- Written by: Abishai James, WinBTC
- Category: Digital Currency
Bitcoin halving is often referred as “Halvening”, it’s a formulated reduction in the reward coins offered to the miners using a predefined blockchain algorithm. Learn exactly what that means to the bitocoin community and how it may affect you.
In the age of bitcoin and Apple Pay, these businesses are still cash only
- Written by: The Globe And Mail
- Category: Currency
In some ways, La Tête Dure is a pretty modern business. The Montreal barber shop has a Facebook page and an Instagram account. But, when it comes to payment, things are a little more old school – La Tête Dure (French for the hard head) is cash only.
Bad Time to Be a US Bank
- Written by: CNN
- Category: Markets & Metals
U.S. bank stocks are getting dumped like it's 2011. Shares of Bank of America and Morgan Stanley plummeted by 13% apiece in the two days after the shocking Brexit vote. Even though banks and the broader markets are rallying on Tuesday, Goldman Sachs is still down 22% this year. That makes the elite investment bank the worst Dow stock in 2016.
Solving the Challenge of Growing ATM Costs: Managed Services or ATM Outsourcing?
- Written by: Yonas Marcos
- Category: ATM
Despite growth in online shopping and cashless technologies, consumers continue to love cash. According to the 2018 Diary of Payment Choice by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cash accounts for approximately 34 percent of all payments across age groups, cementing ATMs as a vital touch point between financial institutions and their account holders – especially for younger consumers.
Smartphone Payments Are India's Best Spark for Modern Banking
- Written by: Payments Source
- Category: Cards & Payments
In many emerging markets, daily financial transactions—buying groceries, paying a utility bill, cashing a paycheck or billing a customer—are notoriously difficult. Banking institutions are few and far between, and large swaths of the population have little or no access to them.
What distinguishes a cash-in-transit robber from other crooks
- Written by: Business Day Live
- Category: Cash-In-Transit
Dr Hennie Lochner‚ who interviewed 21 people doing time for cash-in-transit robberies, as part of his doctoral studies had some interesting findings. The study which took place in South Africa can provide some important insights for armored carrier and secure transport operators around the world.
What Does a Little Blue Box Have to do With ATM Channel Management?
- Written by: Matthew S Daye
- Category: ATM
Do you remember the 1960's infamous little blue box? That plaything of the technically inclined from long ago was a pre-cursor to some of the security challenges faced by the ATM industry today.
