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P2P

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.

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MoneyGram Extends Visa Direct Service To Spain, Philippines
MoneyGram Extends Visa Direct Service To Spain, Philippines
December 05, 2019  |  International

MoneyGram, in partnership with Visa, has expanded its debit card deposit service, which was launched in collaboration with Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments platform,...

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How Instant Payments Ignited In Just Three Short Years
How Instant Payments Ignited In Just Three Short Years
December 03, 2019  |  Faster Payments

Real “hockey-sticking” ignition is a fairly rare phenomenon. Lots of innovators come to market claiming they’re ready to explosively disrupt the status quo, but the...

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Zopa P2P Lender To Land 12th-Hour Investment To Become Bank
Zopa P2P Lender To Land 12th-Hour Investment To Become Bank
December 01, 2019  |  Investments

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa will secure a £130 million ($1.67 million USD) investment that it needs to become a challenger bank. The news comes days...

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Can AI Solve Home Sharing’s Fake Listings Problem?
Can AI Solve Home Sharing’s Fake Listings Problem?
November 21, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Consumers lost some $430 billion to fraudsters via online platforms in the past two years, and that figure shows no sign of declining. Fraudsters are...

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Can Real-Time Data Render Credit Scores Obsolete?
Can Real-Time Data Render Credit Scores Obsolete?
November 15, 2019  |  Faster Payments

The rise of faster peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services has had an unintentional ripple effect for businesses, banks and merchants. With customers able to send money...

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Stepping Into High-Fashion P2P Innovation, On-Rental
Stepping Into High-Fashion P2P Innovation, On-Rental
November 08, 2019  |  Retail

Wardrobe, a peer-to-peer (P2P) fashion marketplace that gives users the chance to rent out designer and vintage items for a fraction of their purchase price,...

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Bottomline: The Watershed Hurdles B2B RTP Must Clear
Bottomline: The Watershed Hurdles B2B RTP Must Clear
November 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As real-time payments (RTP) gain traction with consumers via peer-to-peer (P2P), the pump may be primed for business-to-business (B2B) transactions to follow suit. Bottomline Technologies...

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Building A Peer-To-Peer Network For Trading Shoes
Building A Peer-To-Peer Network For Trading Shoes
November 07, 2019  |  Retail

Shoe Bank CEO and Co-Founder Roni Harel loves shoes — and she has tons of them sitting in her closet. “Most of them I don’t wear,”...

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As P2P Payments Grow, More Consumer Groups Get Into The Mix
As P2P Payments Grow, More Consumer Groups Get Into The Mix
November 04, 2019  |  Digital Payments

P2P payment services are stretching their wings, headed into the new decade with mostly robust growth – and even some new plans to gain customers...

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