Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion
Instacart And The New Sharing Economy
May 22, 2014

The American people have a dream, and that dream is apparently to never set foot in a grocery store again. In an idea as old as the internet, consumers continue to look for the ideal service that will allow for grocery products to be ordered...

Financial Inclusion
Pinterest’s New “Business Insights” API
May 22, 2014

Pinterest, saturated with cash after their massive $200 million funding round, is rolling out a enhancement to its API platform that will help businesses understand which products are most popular, which Pins are driving the most sales, and which types of images work best, among other things, reports TechCrunch.  ...

B2B Payments
How Ripple Labs Simplifies B2B Payments
May 21, 2014

What can the Ripple protocol do that basic core banking infrastructure can’t? Move money in real time, efficiently, securely and at a lower cost. The Ripple protocol was recently adopted by Fidor AG bank in Germany to increase the speed at which money could move...

Financial Inclusion
The mPOS Pioneer And Its Future Plans
May 21, 2014

The world was a different place in 1999-cell phone use was just leaking into the mainstream, Palm Pilots were the next big thing and almost no one had ever thought about the concept of a mobile point-of-sale. Well, almost no one-as it turns out Infinite...

Financial Inclusion
Richard Branson and Max Levchin’s Latest Payments’ Investment
May 21, 2014

It’s been a good ten months for Crowdfunding start-up Indiegogo. Following a very successful $40 million Series B funding round in January 2014, the company is following up quickly with a “celebrity” fundraising round which has tapped the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Megan Smith...

Alternative Finances
MoneyGram’s New U.S.-Mexico Channel
May 20, 2014

MoneyGram users who wish to transfer money to Mexico can look forward to much faster processing times. The international money transfer and payment services company has announced a new U.S. – Mexico channel than can move money cross-border from user to user in just 30 minutes....

Financial Inclusion
Mobile Commerce Security is the Name of the Game
May 20, 2014

Coupons, rewards, and data oh my! These startups are in the business of keeping customers and other businesses secure while they enjoy the benefits of mobile commerce. Find out who got what and how much.

Controversial
Consumers Pay More When They Pay With Bitcoin
May 20, 2014

People who wanted to buy really bad stuff probably didn’t mind paying a premium to use bitcoin to do it. But, will the regular old mainstream consumer be as willing to pay more than the face value of the goods they are purchasing just to...

Alternative Finances
Walmart’s Sales Take A Hit…Again
May 16, 2014

It is not a good day to be Walmart’s new CEO Doug McMillon. Traffic to Walmart locations nationwide has been on the decline all year and the company has just reported its fifth straight decline in U.S. sales numbers. Walmart’s profits fell 5 percent from the...