Assault on Digital Currencies Continues
Liberty Reserve -- a Bitcoin-like digital currency system -- has been shut down by the U.S. authorities. The days of unregulated virtual money are numbered....
Tag: alternative payment methods
More on Bitcoin’s Viability as a Currency and Its E-Commerce Prospects
When it's all said and done, Bitcoin payments will be indistinguishable from the credit card variety -- that is if anyone still uses the digital currency....
On the ‘Dubious Economics’ of Using Bitcoin as a Currency
While I am not quite ready to write it off completely, I am highly skeptical of Bitcoin's prospects as an alternative currency to the dollar....
Americans Adopt New Payment Methods, but Stick to Old Ones as Well
Americans write fewer checks and use cash less frequently than they used to, whereas the use of all types of e-payments, especially debit cards, is on the rise....
Checks Still Dominate P2P Payments and Other Facts
Despite the highly-publicized arrival of various new forms of P2P payments in the U.S. over the past decade and a half, paper checks still dominate the niche....