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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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

MoneyGram And Visa Team To Deliver Real-Time Global P2P
MoneyGram And Visa Team To Deliver Real-Time Global P2P
July 24, 2018  |  VISA

MoneyGram and Visa announced today (July 24) that they have partnered to deliver real-time digital disbursements to MoneyGram customers using Visa’s push payments platform, Visa...

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Snapchat Exits P2P
Snapchat Exits P2P
July 23, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Snapchat is closing down Snapcash, its peer-to-peer payment space, on August 30. According to reports, there is code buried in Snapchat’s Android app that has...

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Zelle Catches A Growth Wave, Threatening Venmo
Zelle Catches A Growth Wave, Threatening Venmo
July 17, 2018  |  Mobile

The Q2 earnings season has just kicked off, and it’s already helping shedding light on recent developments in the peer-to-peer (P2P) world — most notably,...

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Users Of Digital Payment Services Have Difficulty Recovering Mistakes
Users Of Digital Payment Services Have Difficulty Recovering Mistakes
July 13, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Digital peer-to-peer payment services like Venmo are growing in popularity, but according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, consumers who make faulty payments...

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Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
Square Cash Crypto Trading Soars Despite Bitcoin’s Decline
July 12, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times...

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Amid New Google Pay Features, Users Can Split The Bill
Amid New Google Pay Features, Users Can Split The Bill
July 10, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Google Pay is rolling out new features that, among other things, let users send and request money, through the merging of the Google Pay and...

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Paytm Has Surpassed $4B Monthly GTV
Paytm Has Surpassed $4B Monthly GTV
July 09, 2018  |  Digital Payments

One97 Communications, the company that owns Paytm, the payment app, has reportedly breached the $4 billion in monthly gross transaction value. According to a report...

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Zelle: How Faster Corporate Disbursements Will Ignite Its P2P Network
Zelle: How Faster Corporate Disbursements Will Ignite Its P2P Network
July 09, 2018  |  Disbursements

Consumers can be an impatient bunch, and that becomes pretty clear when the conversation turns to insurance checks and other corporate disbursements. But what would...

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From Blockbuster The Chain To Blockchain The Movie?
From Blockbuster The Chain To Blockchain The Movie?
July 06, 2018  |  Blockchain

We’ve come a long way, Mr. Edison. Since the early days of cinema, the moving image has captured the imagination of, well, everyone. In some...

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