MintChip

Back in 2012, the Royal Canadian Mint launched the MintChip challenge, asking iOS developers to participate in a content to create a digital payment app using their new MintChip technology, with a grand prize of $50,000 up for grabs. Toronto-based fintech nanoPay eventually acquired MintChip in the winter of 2015 and later in 2016 launched...

MintChip has announced to its users new top ups made with credit cards via Apple Pay will soon incur a 3.25% fee. An email to customers today says “We are making changes to MintChip as we continue to develop the platform to better serve our customers." The email goes on to read “As of June...

Last month, secure digital currency MintChip launched for iOS and Android users. The iOS version uses QR codes to pay at participating merchants (Android has NFC), while the digital wallet can be funded by your bank's chequing account or credit card. MintChip for iOS was just updated to support Apple Pay for top ups (there’s...

In an effort to ride the digital cash trend nanoPay Corporation has announced today its own take of a mobile wallet: MintChip. Available for both iOS and Android, MintChip allows Canadians in the Toronto area to send and receive digital cash with friends and to shop at a limited list of merchants by scanning a...