European Merchant Adoption of Bitcoin is Lagging Behind And Results Into Difficult Banking Relations
When you look at Bitcoin, there will always be the one big obstacle that is so hard to overcome: building relationships with banks. Despite Bitcoin gaining massive media attention, and some of the world’s biggest companies now accepting Bitcoin as a payment method, the banks are still wary of this digital currency. But why is that, exactly? Many people attribute the “negative stance” banks have towards Bitcoin because of its decentralized nature. Add to that there is no governmental oversight, or any actual regulation for that matter, and you can see why most of the upper echelons aren’t....
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The delay of Bitcoin transactions, on the other hand, is a more likely reason. Bitcoin adoption by merchants and store owners is booming as of late. Particularly in the European Union, things are improving year over year. Even though there is still a lot of work to be done, it appears Central Europe is doing quite well. At the same time, the lack of Bitcoin adoption in Scandinavia is rather disconcerting, and rather difficult to explain. Europe has always been a rather odd region when it comes to financial innovation. Every country has its own set of payment options, yet there is no....
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Undoubtedly, Bitcoin can be called the world’s first truly global currency that has the potential to reduce friction and complement global e-commerce and the Internet age. But while Bitcoin can be used by almost everyone to buy almost anything online, we were interested in discovering which countries are the most accommodating when it comes to locations where people can spend Bitcoin. Merchant adoption may seem rather insignificant, especially if we consider that most of these businesses don’t actually hold any bitcoins i.e. it is common practice to instantly convert digital coins into....
Would you believe it if someone tells you that the most advanced countries in the world are the ones that adopt new technologies sooner than the rest? If you did, then you might be wrong with a few things, especially mobile banking and Bitcoin adoption. Let's take Turkey for example. ING, the Dutch multinational banking and financial services company recently published a report titled "ING International Survey - The rise of mobile banking and the changing face of payments in the digital age" . The survey was conducted by ING along with Ipsos to understand the behavior of its existing and....