Sentences with phrase «as payment channels»

One the one end, you have users who are reporting that they have lost funds as well as payment channels that have not closed properly.

Audience enthusiasm was more pronounced early in the day as proposals for longstanding ideas such as payment channels via the Lightning Network were demonstrated with renewed clarity, while developer Pieter Wuille wowed with segregated witness - a proposal for scaling the bitcoin blockchain without requiring a hard fork.

But chain transactions also form the basis of more fancy bitcoin use cases, such as payment channels.

Facebook is preparing the big announcement that they will introduce support for Litecoin as payment channel.

But perhaps more importantly, transaction malleability severely limits the potential of all sorts of advanced Bitcoin tricks that build on unconfirmed transactions (using their IDs), such as payments channels and the Lightning Network.

The idea behind this on - chain upgrade would allow micropayments as a payment channel will be opened between two parties, which is recorded on the Blockchain.

Not exact matches

That experience, along with the other headaches of selling through retail channels — such as long payment terms, returned inventory, chargebacks and advertising fees — convinced him and Syzmcak they should focus on B2B sales.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

We recently had an opportunity to sit down with Charles Drucker, Vantiv's CEO, Daniela Mielke, chief strategy and product officer, and Matt Taylor, group president of integrated payments and emerging channels, to discuss some of the biggest trends affecting processors and the payments industry as a whole, including Apple Pay, EMV, mobile point - of - sale, and Vantiv's growth strategy.

Currently, Bitcoin is still the dominant payment method for illegal goods on the cyber-criminal underground, but as the cryptocurrency's use as a payment system continues to decline, new and more efficient payment channels will take its place.

Since November, YES, the channel that airs New York Yankees games, has been blacked out on Comcast Corp. as the cable giant and the network's parent, 21st Century Fox, battle over terms of payment.

Since SegWit isn't looking like a sure thing, have you looked into implementing payment channels as a centralized service similarly to what they are doing with the Yours Network?

Appointed as Group Executive Digital Banking, ANZ Bank in 2016 Ms Carnegie's responsibilities include co ownership for divisional financials and enterprise responsibility for Data / Analytics, Innovation / New Revenue, Payments, Marketing / Design and Digital Channels.

It happens to be a conglomeration of digital currency as well as «open - payment - channel» which helps in the facilitation of financial transactions.

As a global payment solutions and commerce enablement leader, Verifone's strategy is to develop and deploy «best in class» payment solutions and services that meet or exceed global security standards and help our clients securely accept electronic payments across all channels of commerce.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Appointed as Group Executive Digital Banking, ANZ Bank in 2016 Ms Carnegie's responsibilities include co ownership for divisional financials and enterprise responsibility for Data / Analytics, Innovation / New Revenue, Payments, Marketing / Design and Digital Channels.

Masterpass QR which is a global digital system for Merchants, small and informal micro merchants, large corporate organizations and governments give customers access to fast, simple and secure digital payments options by using mobile phones, as customers now have the freedom to shop across devices and channels.

Kelly is accused of channeling the payments to Percoco through Percoco's wife, who supposedly was employed by Competitive Power Ventures as a consultant in the company's educational outreach program.

The Vice President who recently launched the mobile money payments interoperability system in Ghana maintains that, with other electronic payment channels such as the e-bills pay, instant pay and the introduction of the national identification card, the nation's ability to move faster towards a cashless system, stamping out corruption and turning around the fortunes of the economy, is assured.

Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for making the N9.972 billion received by Enugu State open and channeling it into payment of arrears of salaries and pensions as well as monies owed to contractors as President Buhari directed.

The net amount representing the dividend / interest and maturity proceeds of units may be remitted through normal banking channels or credited to NRE / FCNR account of the investor, as desired by him subject to payment of applicable tax.

With consumers spending more money online, global electronic payment firms such as Mastercard and PayPal (PYPL) have a «great business model that has high margins, high returns on capital and as consumers change their shopping preferences, whether by channel or by category, they're still spending with the same means.

As we've discussed in previous videos, if a lender were to continue down the path of a foreclosure and go through all the proper channels, post all the requisite notices, etc., a foreclosure can take on average about a year from the date of the borrower missing their first payment.

Hilton Honors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels save time and money and gain instant access to the benefits they care about most, such as an exclusive member discount, free Wi - Fi and a flexible payment slider that allows members to choose nearly any combination of Points and money to book a stay.

Hilton Honors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels have access to instant benefits, including a flexible payment slider that allows members to choose nearly any combination of Points and money to book a stay, an exclusive member discount, free standard Wi - Fi, as well as digital amenities that are available exclusively through the industry - leading Hilton Honors app, where Honors members can check - in, choose their room, and access their room using a Digital Key.

A qualifying stay is defined as one or more consecutive nights at an MGM Resorts Destination regardless of check in / check out occurrences, booked on Southwest.com, Southwest Vacations, MGM Resorts Vacations, MGM Resorts International, or M life direct channels where payment is made directly from the guest to MGM Resorts.

Between the money gleaned from subscriptions to his Twitch channel, payments for streaming larger tournaments, sponsor fees from businesses that pay for advertising in the breaks between matches, crowdfunding, merchandise, and YouTube revenue, Sanchez is able to scratch out a living, comfortably if not prosperously, as a full - time gamer.

Gallery shows, unlike public auctions, can pick and choose their buyers, as well as provide flexible payment terms, which make them a favorable channel through which foundations can place works in museums.

That amount included an accounting of Nova's profits during the life of the patents, royalty payments for the period between the publication and issuance of the patents, legal costs and prejudgment interest, as well as «springboard» profits to account for Nova's unlawful 20 - month head start in establishing its sales channels prior to the expiration of the patents.

Much existing law about payments will remain in force, as many mobile apps will use the existing «rails» or channels of moving money: wire transfers, debit / credit cards / stored - value cards, financial institution clearing houses, and cheque clearing systems.

As such, although purchase data from any single FI and access to that institution's customer base may be very useful to marketers, aggregated purchase data across a meaningful portion of the fragmented banking landscape from a variety of electronic payment channels holds significantly greater value.

A user must register with the channel (as you do with Comcast or AT&T for cable and Facebook and Twitter for social networking) and either pay money for it or accept the «free» service, in which case you, the user and some of your personal information, are the payment.

Payment channels such as those proposed by the Lightning Network are one strand of the debate over scaling bitcoin which, although it often takes the form of arguments over block size, is ultimately about the volume of transactions the network can handle in a given length of time.

The idea of designing for worst - case scenarios is key to the Sprite proposal, which comes into its own in conditions such as disputes between parties in a payment channel.

This allows for experimentation with routable bidirectional payment channels, better known as lightning networks.

Payment processors such as BitPay may end up opening many channels to receive payments and a few to send payments to other entities such as exchanges, but they may opt to not route payments due to AML / KYC concerns.

The talk is likely to be notable as it is slated to be given by the creator of the Lightning Network, the best - known off - chain payment channel network, but one that is envisioned for use on the bitcoin blockchain.

As mentioned earlier, fees collected by Lightning nodes that route payments will degrade the amount of value available to be routed through the channel until it is exhausted and must be closed.

«SegNet 4 offers a testing environment for routable bidirectional payment channels such as the Lightning Network or Amikopay,» Lombrozo said.

While the Lightning Network white paper is quite clear about how Lightning payment channels will operate, there are still many questions regarding how the network itself will operate as a whole.

We would open up a lightning channel, and as the minutes rolled by, periodic payments would be made from my wallet to yours.

And if Alice and Bob both have a Bitcoin payment channel as well as a Litecoin channel with Carol, they can also swap funds.

Alice and the intermediary set up a special type of payment channel, while Bob and the intermediary set up a payment channel as well.

By actually baking it into the protocol as CLTV does, the payment channel process is better streamlined and more robust.

At the same time, end users stand to benefit from fast transactions and lower prices as providers can afford to let go of the commissions and third - party fees which they would have otherwise incurred over conventional distribution channels like banks or other payment brokers.

Plooy closed his talk by discussing a few of the remaining issues with payment channel networks, such as unresolved security holes and economic modeling that could hinder development over the near term.

That said, HAW sees this changing in the long - term - particularly in light of the development of so - called «layer 2» technologies around bitcoin such as Lightning, which is being built to enable the creation of bitcoin payment channels.

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Then, as we start seeing payment channel technology coming out and being production ready, we're going to see the promise of instantaneous, trustless, off - chain transactions.