Industry Leading Bitcoin Exchange CoinTrader Integrates with Vogogo
Payment Processing specialist Vogogo Inc. ("Vogogo") (TSX VENTURE:VGO) today announced the contract and integration of its proprietary compliance, risk management and payment processing platform with online Bitcoin trading platform CoinTrader.
CoinTrader is a leading North American Bitcoin exchange, one of the top three Bitcoin exchanges in Canada by volume in BTC and ranked in the top 6 on BitcoinAverage.com by volume in USD. CoinTrader is also responsible for the installation of the world's first Bitcoin ATM in Vancouver, Canada. This original machine continues to be the busiest Robocoin ATM in the world.
CoinTrader now also operates Bitcoin ATMs in the UK, Romania, Japan & Singapore and, due to their API having multiple elements designed specifically with ATM operators and brokers in mind, has become a popular exchange partner for other ATM operators.
CoinTrader is also currently developing a multi-currency order book, which will enable the exchange to support USD/BTC, GBP/BTC, EUR/BTC, and CAD/BTC.
Vogogo will provide CoinTrader with full risk management, security, compliance and payment services enabling their users to experience seamless transactions between Bitcoin and fiat currencies such as USD & CAD.
Vogogo CEO Geoff Gordon said of the announcement,
"Having CoinTrader integrate with us is another significant endorsement of the value our platform has for those in the cryptocurrency space. We are currently experiencing unprecedented demand for the risk management and payment processing our platform provides. We will continue to scale up our business by engaging and integrating with the industry's leading players."
CoinTrader Co-Founder Jackson Warren said,
"We are thrilled to be working with Vogogo. Their platform gives us the ability to offer our customers a fast, secure, and incredibly simple payment option. This partnership will allow CoinTrader to provide some of the most convenient funding options in the digital currency industry."
About Vogogo
Vogogo is a TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") publicly traded payment services company with expertise in software development. Founded in 2008, Vogogo designed, built and launched a web-based payment processing technology while growing its expertise in software development, payments, risk management, and related financial services. Vogogo developed the technology to support multiple electronic payment types for both the U.S. and Canadian markets. The platform started out with successful integration into several large web based (e-commerce) businesses. To date, Vogogo has successfully processed more than $1B in U.S. and Canadian payments and the software is praised by its users for its simplicity, efficiency and ease of use.
Maintaining the original principles of offering payment and financial solutions that are easy, effective and efficient, Vogogo intends to execute on its plan to sell to global markets. The plan focuses on niche market opportunities where Vogogo believes it has a competitive advantage due to its technology.
With a full portfolio of payment and financial services secured by risk management technology, Vogogo is poised to be a competitive full-service payments and financial services provider in global markets.
For further company information about Vogogo please visit: http://www.vogogo.com/
About CoinTrader
CoinTrader.net is an online trading platform for the Bitcoin community. They facilitate the trade of bitcoins (BTC or XBT) for traditional currency (CAD, USD, etc). They are a registered Canadian corporation, compliant with Canadian and International regulations. Security, low-cost, and usability drive them to create the best bitcoin exchange on the market.
For further company information about CoinTrader please visit: http://cointrader.net/
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