Luminaries such as professional athletes want to offer once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to consumers, but they have to get the word out and accept bookings before they provide them with unforgettable experiences. Marketplaces like IfOnly seek to take the manual aspect out of booking unique experiences –...
While P2P transactions are gaining popularity, can they address the age-old discomfort of splitting bills among friends? For the latest issue of the Faster Payments Tracker™, PYMNTS caught up with Venmo’s COO Mike Vaughan about some of the “awkwardness of money” that P2P can create,...
While there are plenty of tools that make it easier to get money deposited into a bank or debit card account, there aren’t many that make it easier to ask your friends or co-workers to cough up the cash when you pick up the tab...
May 03, 2017
While there are plenty of tools that make it easier to get money deposited into a bank or debit card account, there aren’t many that make it easier to ask your friends or co-workers to cough up the cash when you pick up the tab after a night out. Will adding a social media component, […]
October 23, 2023
Expensify says it has made its first venture into the personal payments space with its new app. The firm says its new offering, announced Monday (Oct. 23), is an expansion of the company’s business expense management technology, designed for consumer payments. David Barrett, founder and CEO of Expensify, described the app as the “consumer-grade lovechild between WhatsApp, Venmo, and […]
