Xapo Announces Bitcoin Debit Card, Can Be Used Where MasterCard is Accepted
Bitcoin wallet provider Xapo has announced that they will be launching what has been aptly described as an international bitcoin debit card, which will allow users to spend their bitcoins in places where MasterCard is accepted - both online and at physical locations. The way it works is as you would expect. The card will debit right from the end user's Xapo hot wallet. Upon initiating a transaction, Xapo will check to see if the the requested amount of money is available in the user account. If it is, they will immediately sell it on Bitstamp, and the merchant receives their local....
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MasterCard has contacted CoinDesk to reiterate that it does not have a relationship with Xapo, and that it had no knowledge of the company's planned product launch. The company added: "MasterCard does not have a relationship with Xapo. There is no card program currently available." UPDATE (25th April 02:30 BST): Xapo CEO Wences Casares spoke to CoinDesk to clarify the situation, stating that the company is currently working with an undisclosed bank to launch the open-loop debit card product, but it has yet to select a credit card network with which to power the offering. However, it was....
Bitcoin wallet provider Xapo has announced it is to launch its much-awaited bitcoin debit card this month. The card, which caused quite a stir in the bitcoin community in April, will roll out by the end of June to be accepted by any business that accepts debit cards or credit cards from its network partner, says Xapo. The company has yet to disclose the name of the partner and the card network, however. The possibility had been raised that the Xapo card would launch on the MasterCard network, but this turned out not to be the case. However, as industry news site Payments Source points out,....
XAPO Cat is watching you... You may have heard about how XAPO is charging excessive previously undisclosed fees on their Xapo Debit Card, but what you may not know is that they will reimburse you for the third-party monthly fees, in Bitcoin! Though, aside from the $15 shipping fees, XAPO included a few other hidden fees they consider to be "customary fees just as with any other debit card." XAPO Debit Card Fees. XAPO has been under a lot of PR stress lately as they released the fee schedule from their debit card supplier. On August 4th, XAPO posted an update on their news feed which stated....
Xapo’s goal has been aspiring for us from the first sight: Making bitcoin more popular. It is something we work for every day. You can imagine how excited we were when we received the new debit card. Xapo launched in March 2014 with the Bitcoin wallet and cold storage vault. In April of this year, Xapo announced the addition of its debit card. The new Xapo card syncs with the Xapo Wallet. “We are focused on making bitcoin more secure and safer and making it easier to use, the debit card is something that our customers have requested. You just have one card that you can use everywhere....
Xapo: Making Bitcoin Easy & Accessible For All. We have all been waiting and waiting for Xapo's Bitcoin Debit Card and according to Ted Rodgers, the Chief Strategy Officer at Xapo, our wait will soon be coming to an end. In fact, the first shipment of debit cards went out on July 29, 2014, so many of those who pre-ordered, should check their mailboxes this afternoon. The Xapo debit card is the world's first Bitcoin debit card that is tied to your wallet balance. The card acts as a seamless extension of your Xapo wallet and allows Bitcoin holders to spend their bitcoins at any merchant that....