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(Cointelegraph) Why the Bitcoin Community and Governments Should Bury the Hatchet

By Iyke Aru DEC 07, 2016 For the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin, the important players are users within the community. However, collaboration with the government is important as well. The potential users of Bitcoin who have the most to gain are people in countries whose financial institutions are broken or

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(Bitcoinist) BITCOIN IS NOW HELPING INDIANS RECEIVE BIGGER PAYCHECKS FROM ABROAD

ANTONIO MADEIRA | DEC 22, 2016 | 02:30 The Bitcoin Blockchain has enabled millions of workers in India to receive bigger paychecks in Indian Rupees through a new partnership between Bitwage and Unocoin. LESS WAITING, BIGGER PAYCHECKS FOR INDIANS Indian Bitcoin exchange Unocoin has partnered with Bitwage in an effort to

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(Bitcoin Magazine) How Freelancers in India Use Bitcoin to Increase Their Real Wages

by Kyle Torpey 12.21.16 4:06 PM Bitcoin activity in India has been on the rise over the past few months, and a new partnership between bitcoin exchange, Unocoin, and payroll service, Bitwage, may help that growth continue. This new partnership is designed to allow freelancers or employees

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(Cointelegraph) Bitcoin Bitwage Wins Tech Competition Organized By The French Government

By Iyke Aru DEC 14, 2016 The UK payment gateway company, Bitwage has won the French Tech Ticket competition and qualifies to join one of France’s top incubators. La French Tech Described as the French Program For International Startups, the French Tech Ticket is a program designed for entrepreneurs

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(Cointelegraph) Unocoin and BitWage Partner to Bring Cheaper Remittances to India

By Shivdeep Dhaliwal DEC 25, 2016 India is the largest remittance market in the world and in fact, the country depends on a great degree on inward remittances, more so since the global economic crisis of 2008 than ever before. This should not come as a surprise as Indians form

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(NewsBTC) Unocoin Partners with Bitwage to Enable Crypto-Payments in India

GAUTHAM | DECEMBER 21, 2016 | 5:30 PM The Indian Bitcoin ecosystem just got a bit more exciting. Unocoin, one of the “Big Four” Indian cryptocurrency companies has announced its partnership with Bitwage. The partnership is expected to further improve Bitcoin adoption in the country which is already showing increased interest

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(Cointelegraph) Bitcoin on Boulevard: 25 Shops in Paris Ready to Accept Bitcoin For Payment

By Angus Leung NOV 17, 2016 Starting on Nov. 17, merchants at the Passage du Grand Cerf will be the first Parisian marketplace to accept Bitcoin, with 20 shops already preparing for its acceptance. These shops will be added to Paris’s growing list of Bitcoin-accepting shops and will be

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(NewsBTC) Bitwage Announces Payment-verified Reputation System

JP BUNTINX | SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 | 1:00 PM Bitwage continues to make a name for itself in the payroll business. The company has announced the launch of their new “My Employment” feature. This new offering lets users create a payment-verified professional profile, and creates a reputation system for Bitwage users.

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(Cointelegraph) Bitwage Seeks to Help Freelancers Gain More Bitcoin-Paying Work

By Evander Smart SEP 23, 2016 Getting paid in Bitcoin has become much easier over the last three years. Workers all over the world have been using Bitwage since 2014 to help them obtain Bitcoin digital currency through their freelance work, even if their employer doesn’t offer that payment

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(BRAVE NEW COIN) Bitwage reports dramatic growth, while expanding services

Luke Parker 23 Sep 2016 11:57 UTC Founded in 2013, bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service, Bitwage, offers fast and low-cost payroll services, distributed in fiat currencies and bitcoin. The company currently has over 6,000 registered users and has processed almost $8 million in payroll transactions. The

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(PYMNTS) Building Trust — And Payments — For Freelancers

ByPYMNTS Posted on September 28, 2016 The rise of the freelancing economy — the individual worker providing goods and services across borders, time zones and currencies — has also given rise to freelancer-specific challenges. Among those challenges are getting paid in a timely manner and gathering enough work to maintain a steady

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(BRAVE NEW COIN) Bitwage continues expansion into South America

Luke Parker 01 Aug 2016 16:47 UTC The Bitwage Invoicing service is built on a simple idea, use bitcoin instead of legacy international payments. Using the service, Brazilian contractors and freelancers can now get paid in a range of foreign currencies, and receive Brazilian real into their local bank

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(Cointelegraph) Bitcoin Payroll Bitwage Offers Direct Invoicing In Brazil

By Iyke Aru AUG 01, 2016 Bitwage announces that starting from Monday, August 1 2016, Brazilian contractors and freelancers can invoice in the United States (USD), Eurozone (Euro), Canada (CAD), Australia (AUD), Switzerland (CHF), or the U.K. (GBP), without requiring their clients to sign up with them. The announcement

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(Cointelegraph) Bitcoin Payroll Comes to Mexico With Bitwage-Bitso Partnership

By Joël Valenzuela, JUN 21, 2016 Bitso has begun offering Bitcoin payroll services to Mexican workers. Thanks to a partnership with payroll service Bitwage, the cryptocurrency exchange now allows workers to be paid in Bitcoin and receive pesos. Bitcoin helps Mexico’s workforce become global According to Bitso CEO Pablo

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(Finance Magnates) You Can Now Get Paid in Ethereum Thanks to Bitwage and Uphold

Avi Mizrahi | Innovation ( CryptoCurrency ) | Wednesday, 01/06/2016 | 09:15 GMT+1 Start getting paid in Ether now because getting your salary in Bitcoin is so 2015. Starting today, June 1, members of cloud money platform Uphold can buy or convert funds to Ethereum’s cryptocurrency Ether (ETH) on their

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(NewsBTC) Urdubit Bitcoin Exchange Partners With Bitwage

JP BUNTINX | MAY 24, 2016 | 5:30 PM Partnerships are always exciting in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, especially when it involves two completely different companies working together. Urdubit, the leading Bitcoin exchange in Pakistan, has partnered with Bitwage, a company specializing in Bitcoin payroll services. Urdubit and Bitwage

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(BRAVE NEW COIN) Bitwage announces payroll service for Europeans

Luke Parker 17 Apr 2016 19:23 UTC Bitwage, a bitcoin payroll and international wage payment service provider, recently announced the release of Bitwage Payroll service for Individuals (BPI) in Europe. Founded in 2013, by CEO John Lindsay and President Jonathan Chester, Bitwage was originally created as a bitcoin payroll

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(PYMNTS) Bitwage Funnels Global Payroll Through The Blockchain

ByPYMNTS, Posted on March 10, 2016 Innovators and FinTech players are eyeing how blockchain technology can ease friction for corporate cross-border payments, a need pressing more heavily on companies that expand operations internationally. But, in addition to paying suppliers and business partners across borders, the globalization of businesses has led

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(PYMNTS) Where The Distributed Workforce Meets The Distributed Ledger

ByPYMNTS Posted on March 29, 2016 The future of bitcoin is a bit shaky. While FinTech innovators have instead turned towards the underlying technology of the cryptocurrency — blockchain and other distributed ledgers — bitcoin as its own currency is unlikely to take off like some once thought it would. Earlier this

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(NewsBTC) Bitwage: Eliminating Volatility for International Freelancers

JOSEPH YOUNG | JANUARY 16, 2016 | 8:46 AM Freelancers, contractors, and employees in developing regions with extreme financial, currency, and capital controls suffer from the lack of trustworthy financial infrastructure. These individuals are heavily dependent on existing financial platforms and systems such as PayPal and banking services which require a

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(NewsBTC) Bitwage: International Payroll Escape Bitcoin Volatility & Liquidity

JOSEPH YOUNG | DECEMBER 5, 2015 | 3:17 PM Freelancers, employees, expat workers and startups in developing countries such as Argentina, the Philippines and Indonesia often struggle in settling transactions with banking systems, remittance outlets and mobile payment networks. Over the past few months, bitcoin startups including Bitwage, Coins. ph and

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(Bitcoinist) EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BITWAGE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER JONATHAN CHESTER

NUNO MENEZES, NOV 30, 2015 | 08:00 Bitwage is an international bitcoin payroll provider. The company offers a service that enables users to receive their wages in bitcoin. Bitwage is trying to introduce the future of international payroll. Companies using Bitwage can reduce payroll costs, and other benefits while being

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(CoinDesk) Bitcoin Startup Bitwage Joins Telecom Giant Orange's Incubator

Stan Higgins, Nov 9, 2015 at 22:45 UTC Bitcoin payroll service Bitwage is joining six other startups as part of an incubator backed by French telecom giant Orange SA. The startups represent the fifth class of startups included in the Orange Fab incubator, which began operations in 2013. Companies

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(CoinDesk) Bitcoin Payroll Startup Bitwage Raises $760k

Stan Higgins, Nov 19, 2015 at 17:24 UTC | Updated Nov 19, 2015 at 17:28 UTC Bitcoin payroll startup Bitwage has wrapped up a period of fundraising, bringing in a total of $760,000 raised between a group of investors including Orange Telecom, Draper Associates and participants on the

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(Bitcoinist) INSIDE BITCOINS SAN DIEGO: BITWAGE FOUNDER JONATHAN CHESTER SPEAKS

ARMAAN CHANDNANI | SEP 11, 2015 | 08:00 Today, we have an interview with the founder of Bitwage, a company that aims to pay workers with bitcoin that in turn pay bitwage through wire transfers. The instructions are fairly straight-forward. Bitwage will send you a bank number, you tell your employer