In Bitcoin We Trust Introduces Bank Wire Transfers
Today, In Bitcoin We Trust, IBWT, announced that they have teamed up with OKPAY to allow customers to use wire transfers to deposit funds in either in either GBP, USD, EURO, or their latest addition, CAD. Individuals already set up with OKPAY will now be able to deposit to IBWT. In Bitcoin We Trust issued the following press release: IBWT INTRODUCES BANK....
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The Bank of America Tower in New York City. Bank of America has filed a patent with the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for a system of wire transfers using cryptocurrency. Published 17th September, the patent describes a system in which funds are sent between accounts using cryptocurrency technology. The word "blockchain" or "block chain" does not appear in the patent. Thomas Edward Durbin and James Gregory Ronca, authors of the filing, state: "Enterprises handle a large number of foreign wire transfer requests on a daily basis. As technology advances, foreign transactions have....
Bank of America (BoA) has filed a patent application titled "System and Method for Wire Transfers Using Cryptocurrency ." The application was filed in March and published on September 17 by the U. S. Patents and Trademarks Office. The BoA filing describes an alternative to traditional wire transfers. The funds are first transferred to a cryptocurrency exchange, then converted to a cryptocurrency such as bitcoin, then sent to another exchange, and finally converted into another currency for the recipient. In other words, BoA wants to patent the concept of using a cryptocurrency as a....
Bank of America's filing for a patent for a bitcoin wire transfer system last year was published by the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on September 17, 2015. The patent seeks to protect a cryptocurrency wire transfer system in which funds sent by a customer electronically could be transferred using the blockchain of the underlying cryptocurrency. In particular, the bitcoin wire transfer system would convert the sender's funds at a cryptocurrency exchange then sent to another cryptocurrency exchange to be converted to foreign fiat currency before the funds are received. Bank of....
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