Finance

How AmEx is ‘Testing the Waters’ of Bitcoin and the Blockchain

American Express, through its venture capital arm American Express Ventures, is looking to use its recent investment in bitcoin remittance startup Abra’s $12m Series A as a way to more closely observe the digital currency industry and the technology behind it. Link: How AmEx is ‘Testing the Waters’ of Bitcoin and the Blockchain

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McDonald’s now accepts ‘two-second’ mobile payments in China amid big data push

McDonald’s has teamed up with Ant Financial — the financial services subsidiary of Alibaba, China’s largest ecommerce player — to start accepting mobile payments in more than 2,100 of its restaurants in China using Alipay. (Think of Apple Pay or Android Pay in the U.S.) Link: McDonald’s now accepts ‘two-second’ mobile payments in China amid big

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