Bitcoin Wallet Startup Now Extending Credit to Users
Bitcoin payments startup BitPagos is now giving its wallet users access to credit through its Ripio wallet offering. At launch, the offering will be available to a select number of users in Argentina, who will be able to borrow between $500 and $1,000 in bitcoin directly from the service, with credit extended based on the user's annual salary. Users would then pay back the loan in three or six-month installments, plus interest. Ripio and BitPagos CEO Sebastian Serrano said his team is seeking to make the digital currency more accessible for online consumers. Serrano told CoinDesk:....
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Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage has added support for credit and debit card payments. Users can can now link their credit or debit card numbers to their Bitwage account, allowing them to choose that employee payment option in addition to bitcoin and traditional wire transfers. The option has a standard monthly limit of $500. President and founder Jonathan Chester said the startup explored various merchant acquirer options, ultimately settling on an acquirer he declined to name. Support for card payments is live as of today, according to Bitwage. Chester said that the new offering was a....
Users of the popular bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip can now top up their accounts via purchases with Visa and MasterCard credit cards. With the addition of the new payment option, ChangeTip users can add to their tipping wallet via credit card, bitcoin or a direct ACH transaction. Purchases can be made with any card running on the Visa or MasterCard network, however, American Express and Discover are not available. Additional bank fees apply for purchases. ChangeTip head of community Victoria van Eyk indicated that, while users could previously use credit cards to make bitcoin purchases....
A startup called Bitrefill wants to let people top up their mobile phone credit with bitcoin in more than a hundred countries around the world. Bitrefill's website lets users punch in a mobile number, select the amount of credit they wish to add and then pay in bitcoin. The service's founder Sergej Kotliar said that his platform, which started two weeks ago, allows users to top-up their phones without having to travel to a local convenience store to buy credit. Kotliar said: "We do exactly what a local 7-Eleven would do in that country. They have a terminal integrated with similar types of....
The credit card-sized wallet sports a keyboard and e-paper display. Pitbull Wallet is a new project from the non-profit Onda Technology Institute that looks to store all of your passwords, private keys, and other sensitive data in a credit card-sized device. Users will be able to store entire wallets for any cryptocurrency on the small electronic device, and it can be used to present QR codes for tablets, smartphones, and other QR-code scanners. The Pitbull Wallet offers a new, unique form of cold storage that should be able to attract interest from a large section of the Bitcoin community....
Buying Bitcoin for the first time remains a major struggle for novice digital currency users. Even though there are plenty of exchange platforms to choose from, as well as peer-to-peer solutions such as LocalBitcoins, people want more convenient options. Simplex is a new startup that wants to facilitate the purchase of Bitcoin through credit cards. Simplex Unifies Bitcoin And Credit Cards. For quite some time now, a lot of people around the world have been looking to buy Bitcoin with their credit card in a convenient way. But there is a valid reason so few Bitcoin exchanges are dealing....