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Networld Media launches Bitcoin, virtual currencies website

B2B communications provider Networld Media Group has launched a new website, Virtual Currency Today, that will serve as an online resource for businesses wanting to understanding how to incorporate virtual currencies such as Bitcoin into their payment systems and daily operations.

November 12, 2014

B2B communications provider Networld Media Group has launched a new website, Virtual Currency Today, that will serve as an online resource for businesses wanting to understanding how to incorporate virtual currencies such as Bitcoin into their payment systems and daily operations.

"Retailers, restaurateurs and other merchants are desperate for well-written, objective information that they can put to use immediately in their businesses," said Kathy Doyle, EVP and Publisher of Networld Media Group, in a statement. "So, too, are financial institutions and executives from industries around the country, as they strive to see how virtual currencies can be integrated into their own companies. It's a business-to-business challenge that Networld Media Group is very well equipped to address."

Networld Media Editorial Director Greg Sharpless, a veteran B2B editor, is the editor for the new site. Will Hernandez, editor for Mobile Payments Today, and ATM Marketplace editor Suzanne Cluckey will join Sharpless in providing content for Virtual Currency Today.

"Virtual Currency Today will serve as the premier information conduit for all of the stakeholders in the virtual-currency economy, which is taking shape before our very eyes," said Sharpless. "Virtual currencies are no longer on the horizon. They are here -- and they're beginning to be utilized by consumers and to be accepted by merchants of all shapes and sizes. Around the world, governments and financial institutions are evaluating virtual currencies to determine how they can fit into current financial structures and systems. Meanwhile, technology providers have been rapidly putting together the tools to allow virtual currencies to be used for transactions of all kinds. It's history in the making and we'll be on the front lines."

The company also announced the launch of a sister event, the Virtual Currency Today Summit, scheduled for April 29, 2015, at Boston's Back Pay Hilton. The Summit "will explore when, why, and how digital currencies will go mainstream and address their impact on payments, retail and other affected industries," the release said.

"The Virtual Currency Today Summit advances our strategy of building an end-to-end payment-media division," said Networld’s CEO, Tom Harper. "ATM Marketplace has covered the cash end of the payment spectrum since 1997. A few years ago, we added Mobile Payments Today and more recently launched our ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit. When virtual currency burst onto the world’s payment scene, we knew it was time for another addition to our media portfolio. The interplay among cash, mobile and virtual currency is evolving faster than anyone predicted. We are thrilled to be jumping into the chaotic world of virtual currency alongside so many other thinkers and innovators."

Below are some of the things you can expect to find on the website:

Provide the latest details on critical technologies and processes enabling businesses and organizations to accept and process virtual-currency transactions;

Report on critical technologies that are allowing consumers to spend virtual currency, as well as convert fiat monies into virtual currencies;

Keep readers informed of the most-recent news concerning governmental regulations and laws that affect virtual currencies;

Regularly address privacy, security, fraud and other potential concerns that challenge the virtual-currency ecosystem.

Networld Media Group's additional online properties include ATMmarketplace.com, DigitalSignageToday.com, FastCasual.com, KioskMarketplace.com, MobilePaymentsToday.com, PizzaMarketplace.com, QSRweb.com, RetailCustomerExperience.com and ChurchCentral.com.