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ANNOUNCEMENTS HashCash unveils white-label
bitcoin payments for ecommerce
CardFree launches pay at table HashCash Consultants, which enables real-time, cross-
via consumer mobile device border payments using the HashCash blockchain net-
work, introduced a white-label bitcoin payment proces-
CardFree, a mobile wallet provider to large merchants, sor to enable consumers to make ecommerce payments
said it recently introduced "the easiest to deploy" pay with bitcoin. Blockchain's decentralized distributed led-
at table service in the market today. The new service ger validates and records transactions using smart con-
does not require investment in new hardware and has tracts, which are encrypted, immutable and permanent,
already been pre-integrated with 90 percent of restau- HashCash stated, adding that the bitcoin processor will
rant POS systems, the company noted. Consumers use also solve problems attending conversion of fiat curren-
mobile devices to launch the restaurant app or mobile cies, as well as those associated with sharing sensitive
web page where they can view and pay their checks. details online.
Average deployment times range between two to four
weeks, CardFree added. USAT brings contactless debit with
Interac Flash to Canada
EMV Academy now Secure Payments Academy
USA Technologies Inc., a digital payment, consumer
EMV Academy, an independent payments educa- engagement and logistics service provider for the self-
tion organization, has a new name: Secure Payments service retail market, heralded the availability to the
Academy. The organization said the move reflects grow- Canadian of ePort G9 with Interac Flash, a contactless
ing interest in its expanded payments curriculum, which debit solution. "Using the ePort G9, unattended retail
now includes blockchain, bitcoin, Internet of Things and businesses in Canada can expand their payment accep-
e-wallets in addition to its EMV, contactless and mobile tance options by providing consumers with the ability
NFC courses that have been offered since 2011. Stewart to use their Interac Flash-enabled bank debit cards when
Chalmers, SPA co-founder and chief marketing officer, making purchases," USAT stated. According to Interac
said the academy's mission remains the same: prepare, Corp., Canadians choose Interac over 16 million times a
educate and facilitate a better understanding of the day to pay and transfer money.
exciting new financial technologies to ensure secure,
convenient transactions, anywhere, anytime.

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