Growing Demand for Global And Real-Time Payments To Boost Bitcoin Adoption
Making predictions in the world of finance and payments in 2016 will be quite a challenge as nothing has been set in stone yet. That being said, various emerging trends in the payment industry can’t be ignored. Bitcoin is gaining more popularity all over the world, as traditional finance struggles to keep up with the growing customer demand. Global, Open And Real-Time Payments Are Coming. There is no denying the payments industry will change a lot over the next few years. Several of those changes may very well start to rear their heads in 2016. Based on a recent community blog on Finextra,....
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