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Saturday, July 4, 2015

FinTech’s Secret Weapon Against Central Banks

“The Future of Financial Services,” a 178-page report released on June 30 by the World Economic Forum, explains one of the greatest advantages of FinTech firms.

MasterCard Explores Biometrically Securing Transactions Using Facial Recognition

While other financial establishments such as VISA are experimenting with bitcoin and its blockchain technology, MasterCard has shifted its focus to biometric data security.

CryptoNote-Based Bytecoin Turns 3, Plans to Implement Colored Coins & Smart Contracts

July 4 marks the third anniversary of Bytecoin, the world’s first CryptoNote-based cryptocurrency. The Bytecoin team has unveiled an expanded roadmap detailing their future plans for the coin.

FinTech Digest: Apple Seeks to Patent P2P Payments, ClearScore Makes Credit Scores Free, PayPal Acquires Xoom for Nearly $1B

Apple has applied for a patent that would enable the transfer of money between iPhones, PayPal spends a boatload on Xoom, and more top stories from this week in FinTech.

Greek Banks Plan For "Bail-In" Withdrawals From Consumer Deposits

In a possible redux of the handling of the Cyprus economic crisis from 2013, Greek banks are setting new contingency plans for a possible “bail-in” to avoid collapse.

The Philippines Receives Dedicated CoinTelegraph News Outlet

CoinTelegraph is proud to announce the launch of its highly anticipated local news publication for the Philippines, CoinTelegraph.ph.

Friday, July 3, 2015

Crypto Collider: New 'E-Money Sport' for Hedging & Trading

If a day trader and a gamer had a lovechild, it would be Crypto Collider, the new “e-money sport” that lets peers compete against one another to “hedge” their crypto holdings.

Bitcoins & Gold in a Cloud? Bitwage Releases Cloud Savings

Bitwage is looking to take Bitcoin and Gold to the cloud by offering a new service called “Cloud Savings.”

Will Bitcoin-Friendly Voat.co Replace Reddit?

The “Front page of the internet” had a rude awakening on the morning of July 2 after finding out that Reddits director of talent, Victoria Taylor (u/chooter), was fired abruptly, causing the subreddit

NSA’s Covert Tool for ‘Easy’ Sensitive Data Spying Revealed

The Intercept, an online publication launched in February 2014 has published 48 top-secret and classified documents released by Edward Snowden about XKEYSCORE

BNP Paribas: Bitcoin’s a Disruptive Invention ‘Like the Steam or Combustion Engine’

BNP Paribas, one of the largest banks in the world, has released a new report in which the bank details two scenarios for the integration of blockchain technology in our financial system

JUL 3 DIGEST: Escort Teaches Other Escorts about Bitcoin; BNP Paribas Calls Bitcoin a Disruptive Invention

A San Francisco escort has written a guide for other escorts to teach them how to accept bitcoin for their services; banking giant BNP Paribas regards Bitcoin a major disruptive invention as well as o