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- Payments company PayTrace Inc. launched a browser-based EMV-acceptance service that uses an Ingenico Group EMV card reader and processing from Total System Services Inc. (TSYS).
- WaveCrest, an issuer of prepaid cards used to pay fleet drivers and reimburse workers, said it has introduced EMV chips on its cards issued in the United States.
- ACI Worldwide Inc. announced expanded support for several European payment schemes.
- Continuing a pattern of high-end sellers accepting cryptocurrency in payment for goods, Royal Yacht Brokers announced it will begin accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as precious metals like gold, for its services.
- In related news, Allurez said it is now the first Internet jeweler to accept Bitcoin.
- Bitcoin is trading above $6,000 again after its blockchain sustained another hard fork last week resulting in a new currency called Bitcoin Gold. This is the second split in Bitcoin’s basic code, following the creation of Bitcoin Cash in late July.
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