Sentences with phrase «currency investment payments»

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Derivatives trading is the culmination of a wild year for bitcoin, which captured imaginations and investment around the world, propelled by its stratospheric gains, and its anti-establishment mission as a currency without the backing of a government or a central bank, and a payment system without a reliance on banks.

The strengthening in the Japanese currency meant that the income from investments in dollars shrank when translated into yen, so that it fell far short of the payments guaranteed to Japanese investors.

Anthemis has a portfolio of 27 smaller companies, including the likes of eToro, an online social investment network, as well as cross-border payments company Azimo, online - only Fidor Bank, Moven, The Currency Cloud and many others.

«The wave of investment in digital currency startups clearly signals that payments channels are attracting a new degree of interest, and new competitors are changing customer expectations,» said David Gunn, who leads Bain's EMEA payments team.

Together with this goal, another part of the funds will be spent to «promote bitcoins as a reliable currency and investment option, enlist more e-vouchers on our mobile platform with a target to expand our user base from 25,000 to around one lakh (100,000) within the next one year and ultimately become a bitcoin payment gateway,» according to Zebpay cofounder, Saurabh Aggarwal.

Bitcoin, a digital payment or exchange system called decentralized digital currency invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, is very trending investment topic in India.

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.

However, inherent risks such as contingent liability (where your liability may be greater than the initial purchase price of the investment), margining requirements (where you are required to make a series of payments against the purchase price, depending on whether the underlying investment or index is moving in your favour) and international exchanges (which can mean a reduced level of investor protection, as well as currency fluctuation if the investment is not traded in sterling) meant these were out of reach.

To be treated as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code, a Fund must also (a) derive at least 90 % of its gross income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans, net income from certain publicly traded partnerships and gains from the sale or other disposition of securities or foreign currencies, or other income (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) derived with respect to the business of investing in such securities or currencies, and (b) diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each fiscal quarter, (i) at least 50 % of the market value of a Fund's assets is represented by cash, U.S. government

This fork represents a segment of the cryptocurrency community that wants to see digital coins compete primarily as mainstream currencies and payment mediums rather than digital gold (though they believe Bitcoin has value as an investment as well).

Coinbase also plans to invest in open source browser for the distributed server processing system ethereum network Toshi «to help accelerate digital currency's shift from speculative investment to global payment network.»

Besides being used as a currency to make purchases online, bitcoin is also used as an investment asset class, a storage of wealth and as a low - cost payment system.

Asseta's primary objective is to build a platform that will provide cost effective and efficient financial services that will work across all niches of the banking sector including payments, loans, insurance, currency exchanges and investments.

The DFS highlights three areas of particular concern: ensuring payments are processed quickly to build user confidence that money will not «get stuck in a digital black hole»; ensuring virtual currencies do not become the tool of choice for terrorists, drug smugglers, illegal weapons dealers, money launderers, and human traffickers; making sure that the use of bitcoin as an investment is governed properly.

Not many people understand that you can use digital currency as a mean of payment, an investment and a technology.

Circle, a digital payments company has officially launched its virtual currency investment and storage app according to a blog post by the company, named Circle Invest.

Here are some of the reasons: - As a Payment System — Bitcoin is sent across the Internet quickly and cheaply without the need for costly 3rd parties As a Speculator — short term trading as a revenue stream As a long term Investment — Bitcoin, a store of value, is on an upward trend with long - term fundamentals strong Using bitcoin as a natural hedge for local Fiat Currency...

Circle, a digital payments company has officially launched its virtual currency investment and storage app according to a blog post

«I am a firm supporter of bitcoin and the efficiency it offers compared to other currencies — as a payment method and an investment.

«My interest in the cryptocurrency space has spanned several years, and in that time I've found Dash to be one of the most promising projects in the space... Dash's (from Dash Core Group) unique decentralized governance and treasury model has positioned it to be a dominant force in the cryptocurrency space, and I fully believe within the next decade it will become the primary digital currency for payments at retailers globally «said Glenn Austin, a former vice president of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM),