Product Description: Digital currencies are a fairly new phenomenon brought about by the spectacular rise of the internet. While Bitcoin is the most famous, there are numerous other digital currencies―from Amazon Coin to Zetacoin. Beyond Bitcoin explores the economic forces underlying the design of their features and their potential...read more

The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the world economy has arrived, and it’s not self-driving cars, solar energy, or artificial intelligence.It’s called the blockchain. The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second generation—powered by blockchain technology—is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolutionary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it’s the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital currencies, the underlying framework has the potential to go far beyond these and record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certificates to insurance claims and even votes. Why should you care? Maybe you’re a music lover who wants artists to make a living off their art. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat really came from. Perhaps you’re an immigrant who’s sick of paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business. And those examples are barely the tip of the iceberg. This technology is public, encrypted, and readily available for anyone to use. It’s already seeing widespread adoption in a number of areas. For example, forty-two (and counting) of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Credit Suisse, have formed a consortium to investigate the blockchain for speedier and more secure transactions. As with major paradigm shifts that preceded it, the blockchain will create winners and losers. And while opportunities abound, the risks of disruption and dislocation must not be ignored. Don Tapscott, the bestselling author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and utterly foundational book about the future of the modern economy. Blockchain Revolution is the business leaders’ playbook for the next decade and beyond.

Product Description: Bitcoin, the digital currency, was introduced in 2009 with little fanfare; five years later, shocking the world, it was worth $14 billion. This book explores the cyber currency by focusing on the remarkable stories and intriguing personalities of those responsible for its sudden success: Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive and anonymous genius who created Bitcoin; Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, administrator of the largest and most successful Dark Web drug superstore, using Bitcoin to fuel online sale of drugs, hacking services, counterfeit money, and assassinations; and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Harvard graduates, successful litigants vs...read more

From Bitcoin to Apple Pay, big changes seem to be afoot in the world of money. Yet the use of coins and paper bills has persisted for 3,000 years. In How Would You Like to Pay?, leading anthropologist Bill Maurer narrates money's history, considers its role in everyday life, and discusses the implications of how new technologies are changing how we pay. These changes are especially important in the developing world, where people who lack access to banks are using cell phones in creative ways to send and save money. To truly understand money, Maurer explains, is to understand and appreciate the complex infrastructures and social relationships it relies on. Engaging and straightforward, How Would You Like to Pay? rethinks something so familiar and fundamental in new and exciting ways. Ultimately, considering how we would like to pay gives insights into determining how we would like to live.  

Product Description: Kevin Dowd argues that states must allow a level playing field as far as private money is concerned. For too long the government has stifled competition between state-backed and private currencies. Instead, central banks should welcome competition as it forces them to offer consumers greater choice and improved quality...read more

Product Description: The whole truth about Bitcoin…So you can decide for yourself !   Bitcoin: it’s the worldwide virtual currency everyone’s talking about. But most explanations of Bitcoin are completely bewildering—they’re either written by people in thrall with it or by those appalled by the very notion of an alternative currency...read more

Product Description: Recent innovations in the field of information technology and communications are radically changing the way international organizations conduct business. In this competitive environment, having the necessary tools to streamline business transactions and secure digital payments is crucial to business success...read more

Product Description: Payment systems are the indispensable infrastructure for financial markets and business activities. Every commercial trade and financial transaction is finalized only when the final settlement is made through a payment system. If operational failures would occur in a payment system, preventing smooth transfers of funds, national economies and financial markets would be thrown into extreme confusion and seriously damaged...read more

A resource for end users and Webmasters covers making purchases or selling with PayPal on eBay, adding PayPal buttons to Web sites, using shopping carts, and using the PayPal Development Environment to create custom applications.

Product Description: Innovation in banking should be directed at improving the infrastructure that fosters efficient financial services and international trade. In this work, innovation theory is used to show how modern payment systems have transformed the technology of banking and facilitated changes in the strategy and structure of financial services organisations...read more

Praise for New Payment World A Manager's Guide to Creating an Efficient Payment Process "This book is ...for every accounts payable manager as well as for those above them in the chain of command ...I found New Payment World to be very thought-provoking. I believe that it can help you to evaluate what you are doing right or wrong, and help you to determine where changes might benefit your organization." -Marie J. Misterka, Vice President, BNP Paribas "Mary Schaeffer has written the definitive work on the whole range of corporate payment processes. From the challenges presented when managing check payments through the how to's for setting up e-payments, Mary addresses each of their benefits and their potential pitfalls. This is a must-read book for every accounts payable professional." -Bob Rayca, Vice President, InterplX Technologies "Mary Schaeffer has done an outstanding job of putting together a concise, comprehensive, and well-organized guide to getting a handle on and planning for the future of the payment function. She identifies the problems, investigates and provides an in-depth analysis of the tools available, and makes recommendations on what to do to create an efficient and effective payment process." -Kevin M. Moonan, COO and Managing Partner, Pinpoint Profit Recovery Services, Inc. The payment process for your organization may not be very different today than it was five or ten years ago. But here's a guarantee: it will be enormously different-and much more cost-effective-five or ten years from now. Don't get left behind- New Payment World: A Manager's Guide to Creating an Efficient Payment Process can get your organization up to speed to be part of the payment revolution that has already started.

Product Description: Pro PayPal E-Commerce contains the most comprehensive collection of information on PayPal technologies. It takes the approach of PayPal as a digital money platform, and shows how its a dynamic service that offers far more than just payment processing...read more

Product Description: This title is an integrated look at the e-payment landscape, understanding the way that existing systems are being stretched and challenged. It clarifies and outlines the dynamic e-payment scene, helping us to understand the possibilities as well as the limits to change.

Product Description: Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery...read more

Product Description: Das Autorenteam entwickelt einen Kriterienkatalog auf der Basis von Sicherheit, Transaktionskosten und Benutzerfreundlichkeit, um wichtige Bezahlsysteme - wie Electronic Money, Virtual Account oder PayDirect - für die Praxis vergleichen und bewerten zu können.