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As Venezuela Takes Aim at Remittances, Bitcoiners Take Collateral Damage

“A lot of people are sending money to their relatives in Venezuela and they want a cut of that,” Venezuelan Eduardo Gómez tells Bitcoin Magazine in an interview.

Argentinian Bank Allows Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin

Banco Masventas is now the first financial establishment to base its cross-border payment system on the Bitcoin network.

Blockchain-Based Remittance Companies Win at RemTECH Awards Ceremony

The global remittance industry’s blockchain-based startups got a boost recently at the Remittance Technology (RemTECH) awards held at the United Nations in New York,...

Bitcoin Startup Expands U.S.-Mexico Remittance Corridor With New Partners

Biitcoin remittance startup bridge21 announced that it has added 38 new banks to its partner bank roster to enable money transfers from the U.S. to Mexico.

The Art of Building Bridges to Cross-Border Payments

For many, sending money to a family member or business in a different geographical locale is a common practice. These peer-to-peer transfers — known...

Book Review: Reinventing Remittances with Bitcoin

News about immigrants, refugees and guest workers has received a massive amount of media attention of late. Amid this political clamor, questions are being...

Will Trump’s New Policies Boost U.S.–Mexico Bitcoin Remittances?

Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border as he had promised during his presidential...

Global Banks and Financial Operators Using Stellar to Create a Global Payment Network

Stellar is announcing four new partnerships with financial institutions that will enable low cost global money transfers to the Philippines, India and Europe, and...

OKLink Launches Blockchain Remittance Network in Korea; Government to Institutionalize Digital Currencies

In October 2015 Bitcoin Magazine covered the launch of OKLink, an open digital wallet created by Chinese Bitcoin exchange OKCoin, designed to allow national...

Is the Time Finally Ripe for Bitcoin Remittances in Africa?

When the words Bitcoin and Africa appear in a sentence, the word remittance usually follows. When Bitcoin first hit the mainstream in 2013, its...
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