Staying in business for 166 years is no small feat on its own — but staying successfully in business with continued growth against increasing competition from FinTech startups is harder still. As of last week’s earnings news, it is clear that Western Union is up for the challenge....
Friendship is one of life’s great pleasures, even if it does get the short end of the stick on occasion compared to romantic love. And love certainly has done wonderful things — the Taj Mahal is very impressive, Shakespeare’s sonnets are English language classics and, were...
PayPal, the online payment company that has been striking a flurry of deals in recent weeks, has teamed with Microsoft to enable money transfers in Skype’s mobile app. In a blog post announcing the news, John Kunze, vice president of global consumer product & Xoom at...
Klarna Bank, the Swedish fintech announced Tuesday (August 1) the release of a free peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service dubbed Wavy, which enables people to send and request money in a secure, fast and easy way. In a press release Klarna said Wavy enables consumers across...
August 07, 2017
Staying in business for 166 years is no small feat on its own — but staying successfully in business with continued growth against increasing competition from FinTech startups is harder still. As of last week’s earnings news, it is clear that Western Union is up for the challenge. Western Union’s Chief Technology Officer David Thompson told Karen Webster […]
August 05, 2017
Friendship is one of life’s great pleasures, even if it does get the short end of the stick on occasion compared to romantic love. And love certainly has done wonderful...
August 14, 2017
Moneytis, the FinTech startup, has created a platform to help consumers find the cheapest foreign exchange services and send money seamlessly, taking a page from travel aggregator websites like Booking.com and Expedia. According to a news report in TechCrunch, Moneytis’ platform is straightforward, making it less complex for consumers. “I was an expat in China, […]
August 03, 2017
PayPal, the online payment company that has been striking a flurry of deals in recent weeks, has teamed with Microsoft to enable money transfers in Skype’s mobile app. In a...
July 28, 2017
TransferWise, the FinTech that allows its users to send money internationally, will soon support Apple Pay. According to a report in Reuters, which cited TransferWire, the payments company is supporting...
