Russian Electronic Money Association President Is Confident That Bitcoin Technology Is Here to Stay
Dr. Victor Dostov has served as the President of the RussianElectronic Money Association since 2009 and is considered one of the leading experts and managers in the Russian retail payment sector. He was one of the founders of the Paycash Group as well as a managing partner. Dr. Dostov has an extensive record and experience in the digital payments industry in Russia. Recently, he spoke with Allen Scott from CoinTelegraph in an interview on Bitcoin in Russia where the good Doctor voiced his thoughts on the proposed legislation banning cryptocurrency in Russia. Also read: Russia Bitcoin Ban....
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Dr. Victor Dostov is one of the leading experts and managers in Russian retail payment sectors. He has served as the President of the Russian Electronic Money Association since 2009. Since 1999, Dr Dostov was a managing partner and one of the founders of the PayCash Group involved in technological engineering, project management, investment and consulting in retail payments. The PayCash Group launched such projects as Yandex.Money, Mobi.Dengi, iDealer, Beeline e-commerce, and many others. Victor was on the Board of the PayCash Group, Mobi.Dengi payment company, Director for new payment....
DNB, Norway’s largest bank, has dismissed Norges Bitcoinforening, a recently-formed, non-profit bitcoin association, over concerns about terrorist financing and money laundering, according to e24.no, a Norwegian news site. Norges Bitcoinforening has since decided to take its business elsewhere. The association opened a bank account in August to receive dues and donations which can be made in bitcoin. DNB advised the association within three weeks that they were no longer a customer. The notice said, “DNB can not be confident about the association’s money has no connection with money....
The main organization representing participants in the Russian crypto space has lambasted authorities in Moscow for not doing enough to regulate the industry. The criticism comes four years after President Putin directed institutions to legally define the status of digital financial technologies. Regulators Accused of Failure to Take Russian Crypto Market Out of Shadow Russian regulatory bodies have been criticized for their actions regarding the cryptocurrency industry in the country. According to Yuri Pripachkin, head of the Russian Association of Cryptoeconomics, Artificial....
This is the third article in our series summarizing the Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, Russia, which took place in early December of 2014. The information in our summary series comes from a report received from a conference attendee. In the first article, we gave a general overview of the conference and summarized the speech given by Alex Fork. In the second article, we summarized the second speech of Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, which was given by Michael Chobanian. In this third article, we will provide a summary of the lecture given by Paul Shust, a representative from the....
Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, finally gave his public opinion on Bitcoin and digital currencies for the first time. The Russian President issued his first remarks in an interview for an educational forum broadcast on domestic TV network Russia 24. In an interview with the nation’s domestic TV network, the Russian President....