For example, should Circle users want to transfer money to the Philippines, Circle would turn the original funds into bitcoin, which would then be sent overseas to a partner firm like Coins, that would then
provide local currency.
Not exact matches
The instructions
provided by BitPay will help merchants add BTC (or mBTC) as a
currency in their
local Quickbooks software.
As usual, the development of
local currency sovereign bond markets has helped by
providing a benchmark for pricing.
Many lenders had
provided funds denominated in foreign
currency, and higher
local currency interest rates were irrelevant, except to the extent they added to concerns about the
local economy.
In order for
currency on a scale such as
local community
currencies or loyalty points to be linked to other
currencies, there is a need for a method to
provide a medium of exchange that allows for the difference in scale.
«Investing in food producing farmland in the tax - friendly nation of the Republic of Vanuatu with our cluster concept in agriculture Malekula farm lets offers an investment that is out of reach from being diminished by most
currency meltdowns and loss of value by state and
local government seizure and also
provides a cash return.
If we want
local leaders to make decisions on the basis of evidence — and be rewarded for it — we need to
provide them with evidence denominated in their
local currency — their own students» achievement.
A huge diversity of
local currencies and non-monetary ways of trading and
providing / obtaining services are already being used around the world.
While global equities are historically more volatile for U.S. dollar investors than in
local currency terms, the Canadian dollar's procyclical nature has
provided an almost natural hedge that would have faded if foreign
currency exposure had been hedged (see the chart below).
Provided that the interest rate differential between the foreign and
local currency is maintained, the investor will receive higher interest rate payments than if he / she had invested in a Japanese Yen - denominated bond.
TDB904 hedges the
currency exposure for a small extra fee of 0.15 % and is designed to
provide the same total return as the S&P 500 in its
local currency, in this case the US dollar.
That said, he expects tougher returns in 2018, with hard - and
local -
currency markets
providing mid-single-digit and high - single to low - double digit returns, respectively.
The iShares J.P. Morgan EM
Local Currency Bond ETF
provides exposure to bond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yield.
Thus, Chinese bonds do not only
provide the portfolio diversification through the exposure to
local rate, credit and
currency, they would also be a good hedge to the global fixed income portfolio.
Payments made in
local currency will be converted at the applicable exchange rate
provided by Singapore Airlines.
It also
provides sample itineraries, detailed information on attractions and venues and the
local currency.
«Time Banking,» another common form of
local currency circulating in Transition Towns, enables participating residents to earn a «Time Dollar» for every hour of services they
provide.
Decentralized cryptocurrencies can help circumvent issues with their
local currency or even just
provide a little bit more privacy... in the future blockchain could revolutionize how we track our shipments.»
The Dash team announced today an integration with a leading Latin American exchange, BitINKA,
providing citizens across Central and South America access to buy and sell Dash using their
local fiat
currency.
Coinbase, the most popular bitcoin wallet service,
provides an automatic conversion of received bitcoins into
local currency.
: The world's leader in Bitcoin payments,
providing Bitcoin payment processing and
local currency payouts to over 65,000 businesses worldwide.
This means that traders
provide fiat, consumers pay with their digital
currency of choice and the merchant receives his or her preferred
local currency (USD, EUR, GDP, etc.) once the payment is completed.
It will even
provide local information such as nearby attractions and
currency.
For us it is very important that Coinify
provides a solution that accepts Bitcoin on behalf of our merchants and that the merchant will receive
local currencies.
This will make it effortless for our users to convert their utility tokens,
providing them with continuous liquidity not even against Bitcoin, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum but also against
local fiat
currency.
Meiri, Ring and Smargon launched Colu in 2014 to
provide governments, businesses and consumers with the capabilities to create
local digital
currencies, and allow for the exchange of digital cash directly with one another.
Launched in January 2014, Bitnet is a digital commerce platform enabling merchants to accept digital
currency payments and
providing bitcoin conversion to
local currencies.
But it certainly could be a competitor to Bitcoin in Venezuela, and I think the fact that the term cryptocurrency was used in the announcement
provides an important signal about the government's intention to compete with growing interest in cryptocurrencies in Venezuela, which is largely driven by the economic crisis and devaluation of the
local currency there, that's currently ongoing.
In order to
provide an easy - to - use platform for all of their potential new customers, Trustpay will support ten additional
local currencies.
This will enable communities to raise capital and
provide new
currencies in
local markets with instant liquidity.
The Colu
Local Wallet
provides users with access to «community
currencies» intended to be the closest digital equivalent of physical cash.