Western Union is pushing further into the crypto world, teaming up with a cross-border payments network so its customers can take advantage of mobile wallets. The network is Thunes, and through it, Western Union customers can send funds directly into a recipient’s mobile wallet. All they need to do is go online or visit one of the many agent locations just as they do to make traditional transfers...
Bitcoin is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the willingness of Google France to host a Bitcoin meetup where three startups pitched their products. Among these, Paymium announced the addition of a call function, as well as the release of a mobile wallet. Merchants, for their part, are now able to embed a payment button directly on their website. Also read: Hands on with Ledger, One of the World’s...
It wasn't too long ago when Apple blocked bitcoin apps from being available through its App Store. Who could forget the angry bitcoin users destroying iPhones because of it!? Still, Apple's decision to reverse its anti-bitcoin app policy and allow mobile wallets onto the iOS platform only dates back to about five months ago. Also read: Blockchain iPhone App Removed from App Store. Blockchain...
Mobile messaging app, Snapchat has just jumped into the growing peer-to-peer payments arena with the launch of Snapcash. Snapcash, created in partnership with payment service Square, allows users of the popular ephemeral photo-sharing app to add a debit card to their account and instantly send money to a friend. By simply typing the dollar sign and an amount into Snapchat’s text-chat feature and...
Over a week ago, Apple announced that they'll once again be allowing digital currency wallets in the App Store. Apple did not previously allow digital currency wallet applications, while Google phones have allowed digital currency wallet applications for quite a while now. Coin Pocket, a new Bitcoin mobile wallet application for iPhone devices, was released on the App Store yesterday...
One of the most attractive features of cryptocurrencies is their ability to reside on a variety of electronic devices, including smartphones. The Google Play store for Android has long allowed app developers to create mobile wallets that allow the transmission of Bitcoins or altcoins. However, Apple blocked cryptocurrency apps from the Apple store, meaning that iPhone users were out of luck if...
Update: Blockchain.info has stated that the issue is a database one, and the site would not be back online for at least several hours. It all started earlier today when Redditor /u/obione88 posted to /r/Bitcoin about a Shared Coin Transaction Error. Blockchain.info staff on Reddit promptly responded to the post. Additionally, they announced that the SharedCoin feature would be taken offline...