ChangeTip Now Lets Users Redirect Tips to Charity

By Stan Higgins

Micropayments startup ChangeTip is launching a new feature that allows users to automatically direct any tips they receive to charitable causes.

The US-based bitcoin company has initially partnered with the BitGive Foundation, enabling users to pass on bitcoins they receive to support the organization directly.

The 'tip-redirect' function will see more options and improved functionality as development progresses over coming weeks and months, according to ChangeTip.

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Aspen Institute CEO: Bitcoin Micropayments Will Change Banking

By Daniel Palmer

Walter Isaacson, author and CEO of the Aspen Institute, has said the advantages offered by disruptive technologies such as bitcoin will help shape the payments space in 2015.

Speaking to CNBC's Squawk Alley yesterday, Isaacson emphasised that, while payments innovations like Apple Pay are a step forward for consumers, it's important to find new technologies that will disrupt the banking and credit card systems "so we can have easier payments systems".

Isaacson said:

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