Archive | January, 2014

Bay Bucks Partners With Local First Groups

Crystal Palace UK Mulls a Community Currency

According to a recent report, the Crystal Palace Chamber of Commerce held a meeting recently to discuss issuing a community currency, the “Palace Pound”. With other similar currencies having been launched in neighboring Brixton, Totnes and Lewes, Crystal Palace is interested in keeping more commerce in the local area and increasing the strength of the local […]

Alt Currency Creators Freed

In Kenya, the Shilling is the government backed currency in the area, and while most citizens use it, they also wish they had more. Enter a California native who knew there was a problem and developed an alternative currency to fix it. Instead of creating a virtual or barter currency, Will Ruddick printed up the […]