Turkey Is Not Gonna Go Cold Turkey on Bitcoin

Turkey Is Not Gonna Go Cold Turkey on Bitcoin

Would you believe it if someone tells you that the most advanced countries in the world are the ones that adopt new technologies sooner than the rest? If you did, then you might be wrong with a few things, especially mobile banking and Bitcoin adoption. Let's take Turkey for example. ING, the Dutch multinational banking and financial services company recently published a report titled "ING International Survey - The rise of mobile banking and the changing face of payments in the digital age" . The survey was conducted by ING along with Ipsos to understand the behavior of its existing and....


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