A payment is the transfer of money from one party (such as a person or company) to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation. The simplest and oldest form of payment is barter, the exchange of one good or service for another.
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Watch out for this new cryptocurrency ransomware stalking the web
A brand new family of cryptocurrency-fuelled ransomware has been discovered, and researchers warn it's more sophisticated ...
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Square launches SDK to help mobile developers take in-app payments
Square wants to make it easier for mobile devs to deal with payments
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Central bank study shows little desire to issue digital currencies
63 central banks were surveyed on the status their proposed CBDCs, to determine the likelihood of an incoming wave of digitized ...
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The awfully patronizing guide to having a merry crypto-Christmas
As we're wrapping up 2018, it's clear it wasn't the breakout year for cryptocurrency and blockchain that many enthusiasts ...
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UK tax authorities: ‘crypto assets’ are not currency or money
The UK's tax office published details that outlines its stance on cryptocurrency and digital assets, all in the name of taxation. ...
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Pornhub: Less than 1% of users buy subscriptions with cryptocurrency
Despite introducing payments in Verge and TRON, Pornhub says less than 1 percent of its users use cryptocurrency to buy Premium ...
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MasterCard wants to make electronic payments anonymous… with blockchain
According to a recent patent application, the payment infrastructure provider, MasterCard, wants to anonymize "electronic ...
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3 simple ways to nurture your culture when you start to scale
As you start to scale, the risk of diluting your culture becomes so much more real. Here's how to nurture your culture, no ...
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Ripple’s CTO thinks Proof-of-Work is a technological dead-end, but he does hold Bitcoin
Ripple's CTO David Schwartz has thrown shade on Bitcoin's mining algorithm in a recent TNW Answers session - despite admitting ...
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Playboy sues blockchain startup for screwing its cryptocurrency porno payment plan
Playboy is suing a blockchain startup, claiming its been stiffed on a deal to pay users for watching adult content with cryptocurrency. ...
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How a Finnish millionaire lost $35M worth of Bitcoin in a gambling scam
A Finnish Bitcoin millionaire has lost his cryptocurrency fortune after falling victim to an international investment scam. ...
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Analysts: Bitcoin isn't replacing fiat currency anytime soon
For the past few years, through boom and bust, hype cycles and FUD (and just about anything in between), we've heard that ...
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Millions of webstores can now accept cryptocurrency through Coinbase
The new plugin enables WooCommerce webstores to accept cryptocurrencies through a user-controlled Coinbase wallet without ...
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MoviePass never had a chance
Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month -- less than the price of a single movie ...
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Applying for a patent - $15K, Mastercard patenting even more blockchain - priceless
Mastercard have filed yet another another blockchain-related patent application, this one for a system to manage a fractional ...
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This startup is the perfect example of Korea’s vibrant crypto market
Bezant’s ambition is to build its own high-performance blockchain, arguably the most challenging, expensive, and time-consuming ...
