Snapcard CEO: 2016 Will Be a Humongous Year for Bitcoin in Brazil
One of the longest-standing questions in the Bitcoin community has been where the technology will take off first. Some have said that Bitcoin makes much more sense in the developing world, while others claim developed nations like the United States have the sort of tech savvy and wealthy population necessary to give this new technology a boost. While....
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A new partnership between bitcoin wallet solution Snapcard and leading Brazilian mobile payments startup PagPop has enabled 12,000 Brazilian businesses to accept bitcoin. Merchants already using PagPop can now accept the digital currency by default, with no need to install additional software. "We've been exploring the region of Brazil because it's got this perfect climate where bitcoin can flourish as a currency compared to the local currency that has been significantly devalued," Snapcard CEO Michael Dunworth told Bitcoin Magazine. "Moreover, in Brazil and other Latin American countries,....
Online startup snapCard wants to make it easier to use bitcoins online by skipping merchant integration altogether. SnapCard users can purchase items from major retailers, even if their e-commerce platform doesn't accept bitcoin. Users can also avoid logging into a retailer's website. Michael Dunworth, snapCard's co-founder, said: "We want to make the shopping process as easy and fast for bitcoin users as possible." SnapCard offers a bookmarklet that users can click on when they visit a product's page. The bookmarklet automatically grabs information from the product (like price and....
Snapcard, a cryptocurrency payment processing company, has announced integration with Wix.com. Wix.com is a very large cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create websites using HTML5 through drag-and-drop tools. Snapcard utilizes a simple drag and drop tool that allows users the ability to purchase anything on the internet using digital currencies. By partnering with Wix.com, Snapcard's widget can be used on websites created on wix.com with a few simple steps. Currently, over 53 million websites have been built using wix.com, and each one of these websites will be....
Bitcoin-based shopping cart snapCard is expanding its offerings by launching a pay-the-IRS service for its customers. "Tax services are truly relevant right now," Ioannis Giannaros, one of snapCard's founders, told CoinDesk. "It's going to be really cool." SnapCard users will be able to pay their taxes in bitcoin, and the company will process a USD transaction through a payment processor. "Essentially, you fill out a form and you say how much you want to pay. Then, we invoice you." Tax Payment Processing With BTC. "There are payment processors that have partnered with the government....
Perhaps you've heard of "Gyft", a service that allows consumers to purchase gift cards to popular retail locations with Bitcoin. Well another start-up is coming on the scene that aims to allow you to buy anything online with your Bitcoins. It's called SnapCard, and the San Francisco-based company says their service "works on every website". ScapCard works as a bookmarklet. The end user makes the decision to purchase a product on the web, clicks the SnapCard bookmarklet, and makes a confirmation by clicking the "Add to SnapCard" button to purchase. Hitting the "Buy" button executes on the....