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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

For retailers, the revolutionary payments shift towards cryptocurrency will certainly come with challenges, but it may all be worth it. After all, offering this option opens the door to a whole new audience of more than 106 million people across the world that hold assets in cryptocurrency. Expect the need for a crypto manager.

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Digital Wallets and Cryptocurrency: DTC Brands Must Prepare for the Future of Money

ESW

Whether you love it or are indifferent, cryptocurrency is here to stay — for better or for worse. There has been a lot of hype, especially in recent years, about the impact digitally native currencies and digitally native payment processes could have on eCommerce. What Cryptocurrency and Digital Wallets Can Offer Brands.

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Monese vs Revolut: How Do They Differ?

Ecommerce Platforms

With their instant currency exchange and payment protection, they also make travel a breeze. Not to mention, it's easy to transfer and manage payments from the convenience of their mobile app (available on both Android and iOS). More specifically, we’re referring to cryptocurrencies, stocks, and commodities. Let's dive in!

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Bitcoin is digitized global currency. Not convinced?

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Understanding Bitcoin Wallet – How Does It Work?

365 Retail

Bitcoin is a decentralised digital currency. It is a peer-to-peer currency and its transactions are made directly from user to user. Bitcoin wallets can be broadly divided into 5 types: software, mobile, online, hardware, and paper wallets. Bitcoin is one of the first attempts at creating a real-world medium of exchange.

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Bitcoin Explained Simply For Beginners

eCommerce Guider

Before 2009, cryptocurrency existed only as an academic concept. Cryptocurrency is now well and truly reality (if only a virtual one), and its switch from an idea to reality was precipitated by Bitcoin, the world’s first cryptocurrency. Bitcoin (BTC) is the poster boy of the cryptocurrency world. How To Use Bitcoin.

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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

There were early efforts at digital payments using a mobile wallet. Mobile payments systems like Apple pay, Google Wallet, Amazon Pay, Swish and Paypal have become ‘a thing’ Prepaid cards have completely taken off in retail. Oh, and we mustn’t forget that cryptocurrencies are on the horizon too.