GoldMoney Inc. (TSX-V: XAU), a full-reserve and gold-based financial
service and technology group, announces engineering completion and
launch of three core updates to the BitGold platform:
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Expanded account types, enabling a private beta launch of BitGold
for Businesses and BitGold Pay merchant features
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Personal Verified Account features, part of an upgraded account
onboarding experience, enabling additional verification and
transaction security - streamlining future integrations with
additional payment features
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Integration with Dillon Gage, expanding physical bullion redemption
options to include traditional bars and sovereign coin minted
products, broadening global distribution capability for redemptions,
and enabling a framework for physical gold deposits at a future date
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“Our vision is a network infrastructure that facilitates instant-global
value transfers from fully-backed physical assets, verified and secure,
as opposed to negative yielding debt instruments,” said Josh Crumb,
Chief Strategy Officer. “With today’s platform update, in addition to
the BitGold partnership with Dillon Gage, we expand the ecosystem to
incorporate traditional bullion products as well as business and
merchant account nodes.”
Global Partnership with Dillon Gage for Expanded Physical Bullion
Integration
BitGold has formed a global partnership with Dillon Gage Inc., one of
the world’s largest international wholesale precious metal trading
firms. The partnership will integrate the precious metal products and
fulfillment capabilities of Dillon Gage with the BitGold network
infrastructure. Dillon Gage is an authorized purchaser for all major
world mints, maintains inventory in over 20 countries, and operates an
innovative scrap and refining division that enables efficient asset
collection, refining returns and settlement.
The launch of the partnership and phase one integration with Dillon Gage
means BitGold customers can now redeem their BitGold balance in pure
gold and silver small-once bars and traditional bullion coins such as
Gold & Silver Canadian Maple Leafs, Gold American Eagles, Gold Austrian
Philharmonics, Gold Australian Kangaroos, Gold South African
Krugerrands, and the Gold Chinese Panda. Dillon Gage will also manage
fulfillment of BitGold Gold Cube redemptions. BitGold is currently
engineering phase two of the integration including physical scrap and
deposit capabilities.
Terry Hanlon, President of Dillon Gage Metals comments, “we’ve been
serving the precious metals industry for more than 40 years, and we are
excited about our role as fulfilment partner for BitGold and their
innovative platform for acquiring and utilizing gold.”
BitGold Account Enhancements and BitGold for Business Private Beta
Today BitGold has also launched a new account-onboarding and
verification experience. The new onboarding process creates expanded
account types, including business accounts with merchant features, as
well as a new identification-verification experience. New or existing
users are now able to register for a BitGold Business account private
beta at www.bitgold.com/business.
In addition, BitGold has implemented a Personal Verified Account
feature, enabling additional verification and transaction security on
the network. The Personal Verified Account framework will facilitate
more seamless integrations as new payment methods are integrated in the
platform.
“We’re resolving the increasing demand from users to simplify global
commerce in transacting both B2B and B2C, and we’re building new
products and expanding our global network to capture that,” said Darrell
MacMullin, CEO of BitGold. “We are continuing to build upon our core
strengths, expanding our gold distribution business, and investing in
technology with secure, trusted compliance capabilities to connect the
digital and physical world for safe transactions using gold.”
About Dillon Gage Metals
Dillon Gage Inc. of Dallas (DillonGage.com),
founded in 1976 is one of the world’s largest precious metals wholesale
trading firms. The firm is an authorized purchaser for all major world
mints and maintains inventory in over 20 countries around the world.
FizTrade Online Trading offers real-time bid/ask trading platform for
gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Digital Metals delivers advanced
tools and technologies that enable market participants to be more
successful in their businesses. Digital Metals offers cloud-based
solutions for physical precious metals marketplace built upon the
Digital Metals Platform. Dillon Gage Refining, professional assayers and
refiners of precious metal scrap, from low grade to karat scrap. Stone
removal services and diamond experts on staff.
About GoldMoney
GoldMoney Inc. is a global, full-reserve and gold-based financial
services group. GoldMoney provides financial services as a trusted,
limited third-party, combining the unique attributes of gold with
technology-driven innovation. Through GoldMoney® the company offers
precious metals custody and wealth services, trading and execution, and
independent research to individual investors and institutions. Through
BitGold™ the company operates a self-directed savings platform and a
payments network enabling individuals and businesses to make or receive
online, in-store or mobile payments. GoldMoney Inc. has over 650,000
clients from over 200 countries and $1.6 billion in client assets under
administration. GoldMoney is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services
Commission (JFSC) as a Money Services Business. The JFSC is the main
supervisory body that oversees and regulates Jersey's large financial
services industry. For more information on BitGold, visit bitgold.com.
For more information on GoldMoney, visit ir.goldmoney.com.
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