OKLink Launches Blockchain Remittance Network in Korea; Government to Institutionalize Digital Currencies
In October 2015 Bitcoin Magazine covered the launch of OKLink, an open digital wallet created by Chinese Bitcoin exchange OKCoin, designed to allow national and digital currencies to instantly transact across borders and currencies, with no fees. “We can hide Bitcoin technology in the background,” said OKLink Chief Strategy Officer, Jack Liu, “and that’s....
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OKLink, a Hong Kong-based global blockchain money network, is offering $100 million in free remittance trades to international remittance companies in order to promote remittance payments and accelerate the growth of new money transfer companies. Remittance payments — earnings which foreign workers send home to their families around the world — may be one of the best use cases for digital currencies. The remittance market is estimated at $500 billion. Jack C. Liu, Co-creator at OKCoin, one of the world’s largest bitcoin trading exchanges, and Chief Strategy Officer at its subsidiary,....
Indian Bitcoin company Coinsecure has announced a partnerships with OKCoin’s OKLink service. This partnership is intended to bring “blockchain technology powered remittance services in India,” Coinsecure said in a press release. Coinsecure, OKLink Partner in New Remittance Service. This partnership is part of an initiative by the new OKLink service to “provide [a] digital assets and blockchain based global transaction settlement system,” Coinsecure said in a press release. Furthermore, the company said, “with India being the largest inward remittance receiving country in the world, this....
Hong Kong-based blockchain settlements platform OKLink is now available in Vietnam, enabling international remittances with near-instant settlements over both local fiat currency and bitcoin. With 6.8% of its total GDP in inward remittance, Vietnam is a market ripe for disruption in the space, with emerging FinTech innovations offering the potential for near-instant, low-cost settlements. OKLink, a sister company of major digital currency exchange OKCoin, will now enable senders to transfer up to $10,000 to Vietnam at a relatively modest delivery fee of 0.5%, calculated at a mid-market....
Shinhan Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in South Korea will begin a remittance service – backed by bitcoin – between Korea and China, starting next month. The Korea-China corridor will soon see the bitcoin remittance service made possible through Hong Kong as an intermediary, a country where digital currency transactions are legally allowed, according to Korean news outlet Pulse. Fundamentally, the remittance operation will see Shinhan Bank transfer value to a digital currency exchange in Hong Kong, which will then further the transaction by transferring the value, in....
One of the oldest banks in South Korea, Shinhan Bank, has revealed it will launch a cryptocurrency remittance service using Bitcoin. A joint effort between the bank and Streami Inc. will oversee the cross-border service between Korea and China. Shinhan Bank and Streami Plan to Launch South Korean Bitcoin Remittance Platform. According to Pulse, Shinhan....