Tony Gallippi
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Tony Gallippi, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman of BitPay.
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CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features BitPay.
SumUp BitPay mPOS
SumUp has integrated Bitcoin into its mPOS solution through BitPay. The integration means that any bricks and mortar retailer can now easily accept Bitcoin payments. With SumUp’s streamlined checkout process, the customer simply confirms the amount with a single click on their smartphone after scanning a QR code or using NFC broadcast. For merchants, accepting Bitcoin payments means that issues with fraud concerns or credit card chargebacks are erased from the equation. After having launched a proprietary Chip & PIN terminal in its major European markets, SumUp is now building an open network by accepting different alternative payment options, such as Bitcoin and soon to follow Apple Pay.
BitPay Joins Demandware
BitPay announced today that it has become a Demandware LINK Technology Partner. Demandware’s clients will now be able to easily add bitcoin as a form of payment thanks to BitPay’s development of a pre-built integration between its payment processing services and the Demandware Commerce platform.
Global Payments signs referral agreement with BitPay
Global Payments payment solutions has signed a referral agreement with BitPay bitcoin digital currency. This allows Global Payments to incorporate the cryptocurrency into its product suite and to offer bitcoin payment acceptance to its worldwide merchants. The cross-border demands of global merchants all bitcoin acceptance to reach more customers in more markets, particularly in fledgling economies.
Beepi Integrates BitPay
Beepi announced that it has integrated with BitPay, a bitcoin payment processing service, to become the first peer-to-peer marketplace to allow its users to purchase cars with bitcoin. In addition, the company will also offer prospective buyers pre-approval for loans at check-out. Adding bitcoin as a payment option and instant pre-approval for car loans are the next logical steps for Beepi, a company founded with a goal of eliminating friction at every step of the buying and selling process.
BitPay Partners With Newegg
Newegg announced a partnership with BitPay to accept bitcoin payments on Newegg.com (#NeweggBitcoin). The company’s more than 25 million registered customers can now pay for more than 10.5 million products including electronics, computers, game consoles and household items using bitcoin through BitPay. Newegg’s acceptance of bitcoin payments adds yet another convenient and secure way for its customers to fulfill their e-shopping needs.
BitPay Signs Title Sponsor
ESPN Events has announced BitPay as the new title sponsor for the annual college football postseason game played in St. Petersburg (Fla.). Beginning with this year’s December 26 game, the bowl will now be known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. BitPay will serve as title sponsor for three years through the 2016 game.
BitPay Appoints Former Visa Exec CCO
BitPay named Tim Byun as its Chief Compliance Officer. Formerly the Anti-Money Laundering/Anti-Terrorist Financing Officer of Visa, Tim began his new role for BitPay at the Digital Banking Summit conference June 2 talking about The Digital Future. Byun previously served as Visa’s head of Global Credit Settlement Risk, leading anti-money laundering programs to maintain Visa’s compliance. Before joining Visa, he was an Examining Manager with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation for nine years. He earned his MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Southern California.
VisualTouch Deploys BitPay for Bitcoin POS Acceptance
BitPay business solutions for Bitcoin digital currency partnered to integrate bitcoin acceptance into VisualTouch. VisualTouch is a complete point of sale system that provides the advanced POS functionality needed for business management. VisualTouch POS is used in the Hospitality, Food Service, Grocery, Retail and Concession industries with a combined install base of more than 6,000 unique customers and some customers having up to 1,600 locations each. VisualTouch will use BitPay’s POS-integration solutions to grow bitcoin acceptance through brick-and-mortar retail locations that may have not considered bitcoin acceptance in the past.
Toshiba Implements BitPay Acceptance for Retail POS
BitPay partnered Toshiba to integrate acceptance into VisualTouch POS Software Solution. Toshiba VisualTouch POS provides the advanced POS functionality needed for business management. VisualTouch POS is used in the Hospitality, Food Service, Grocery, Retail and Concession industries with a combined install base of more than 6,000 unique customers and some customers having up to 1,600 locations each. VisualTouch will use BitPay’s POS-integration solutions to grow bitcoin acceptance through brick-and-mortar retail locations that may have not considered bitcoin acceptance in the past. BitPay has over 30,000 clients.
Bitcoin integrated into Toshiba’s VisualTouch
BitPay announces a partnership to integrate bitcoin acceptance into VisualTouch, Toshiba’s premiere POS Software Solution. Toshiba VisualTouch is a complete point of sale system that provides the advanced POS functionality needed for business management. VisualTouch POS is used in the Hospitality, Food Service, Grocery, Retail and Concession industries with a combined install base of more than 6,000 unique customers and some customers having up to 1,600 locations each.