Pay for Anything with Brawker and Bitcoin - Including Parking Tickets
Bitcoin startup Brawker is on a roll. On October 16, the company enabled a New Hampshire-based reddit user "Rossby" score what is a world's first: pay a parking ticket with Bitcoin, and while at it, get a discount in the process too. Brawker is an online marketplace that connects people who want to buy Bitcoin and people who want to buy things with Bitcoin. Brawker allows you to buy anything you can find online with Bitcoin, or use it to buy Bitcoin with your credit card or PayPal account. You can even use Brawker to pay your bills with Bitcoin, as well as buy books that are supposedly....
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This is not a new Bitcoin service. Rather, a guide to combining two services - Tuition.io and Brawker - for paying student loans using Bitcoin. Tuition manages your student loans and offers payment plans and strategies to minimize interest. Last fall, a new service debuted; the ability to send and receive gift cards for making loan payments. Brawker is a site where users post bitcoins, at up to 20% markup, in exchange for goods. For example, I used Brawker to buy an Amazon wishlist at discount. Instead of receiving cash for bitcoins you receive items. It's not limited to just Amazon. In....
New York City is looking for new ways to make it easier for residents and visitors to pay for their parking tickets - and Bitcoin is one of a range of new technologies under consideration. The city's Department of Finance has issued a 'Request for Information' (RFI) entitled "Mobile Solutions for Payment and Hearing Scheduling of Parking Tickets," which makes it clear that they are looking into novel payment technologies and mobile friendly solutions for on-the-spot payment of parking tickets. Bitcoin is mentioned alongside other internet based solutions such as ApplePay and PayPal, as....
The City of New York's Department of Finance is currently considering using Bitcoin as a method for paying parking tickets. The department issued a Request for Information to find better ways for facilitating the application of parking laws. The document, titled "Mobile Solutions for Payment and Hearing Scheduling of Parking Tickets," is available online here. NYC Looks for Solutions. "The New York City Department of Finance (DOF) is issuing a Request for Information to obtain information on mobile solutions for payment and hearing scheduling for parking tickets. Prospective vendors should....
New York's Department of Finance (DOF) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) on mobile solutions for payment and hearing scheduling for parking tickets, and identifies Bitcoin as one of the potential tenders. The DOF is researching different options available in the mobile payment industry that could provide greater ease and convenience for vehicle owners, reads the official release. The announced RFI will assist the City in understanding the current market for mobile payments options, as well as technologies that would allow someone to request a hearing and submit evidence. The....