For years, there have been efforts to do away with the use of paper cash and checks and replace them with more efficient electronic means of transferring value. And over time, one might think we’d get to an entirely electronic system. Not likely, or at...
Startup Donde is working to help drive retail sales for consumers who want to find convenient, nearby locations to make their purchases. Founder and CEO Anthony Nicalo, in a podcast interview with Karen Webster, CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, explained the general idea behind the...
Wayfair – March 7, 2014 – $157 Million Wayfair, an online home-goods retailer, has announced it has raised $157 million in new funding. Wayfair’s service allows users to shop for home goods, and benefit from online marketing. VentureBeat reported on March 7. Wayfair sets itself apart from...
The person-to-person funds transfer market seems to grow each day, though often companies limit transfers to domestic use. A new startup called Remitly is aiming to grow its international remittance business, starting first with the Philippines. Remitly provides a means for immigrants in the U.S....
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 13 Bitcoin’s theme song is clearly “Put on a Happy Face.” In spite of what has turned out to be a humongous blow to the community with the disappearance of Mt. Gox, which has rendered some $400 million, bitcoin-untraceable enthusiasts regarded...
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 12 To ignite or not to ignite, that is the question. Well, Market Platform Dynamics Founder David Evans says, well, it actually hasn’t. And to prove it, he created pictures that compared the adoption of mPesa in Kenya and Bitcoin worldwide. Let’s just...
Link to live trading on the various markets Follow 93 Crypto-Currency Market Capitalizations here Bitcoin Tracker | Week 14 So, the big news of the week is that we now, finally, know the real identify of the inventor of Bitcoin. It turns out that Satoshi Nakamoto...
07 March 2014 There’s so much data influencing the industry today that it can be hard to stay on top of everything. PYMNTS.com’s Friday Factoids are the perfect solution for innovators, entrepreneurs or observers trying to keep up with all the latest information. In today’s...
T-Mobile is hitting back at charges that it’s entering the banking business. A senior T-Mobile official spoke with American Banker, saying in an interview that the company is not creating an online banking platform. Rather, it is only offering its customers a way to better...
