Morningstar sees a risk to money transfer services from Facebook’s Libra
While Facebook‘s cryptocurrency Libra faces regulatory challenges, its potential to upend some legacy payment providers merits consideration, ac
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CARD, a prepaid card startup, wants to build a banking platform off affinity marketing
Most banks approach personalization solely through the lens of digital experience. To CARD.com, however, personalization actually refers to the look...
Why eBay signed on to Facebook’s crypto venture
EBay today joined Uber, PayPal, Lyft and other tech heavyweights as an inaugural member of the Libra Association, the Switzerland-based...
Brex launches corporate card for biotech, life sciences firms
San Francisco-based corporate card startup Brex today launched a corporate card specifically tailored to companies in the life sciences industry....
Facebook wants its cryptocurrency to one day rival the greenback
Facebook Inc. unveiled plans for a new cryptocurrency that the social-media giant hopes will one day trade on a global...
Facebook could be for crypto what AOL was for internet adoption
Facebook Inc., a centralized corporate giant with a history of customer data use controversies, is an unlikely candidate for bringing...
Merging ACH startups pitch cost, convenience to retailers
As retailers look to cut transactional costs, one startup is trying to solve that problem with direct payments from customers’...
How Australian point-of-sale lender Afterpay is pitching retailers
Australian point-of-sale lending company Afterpay is quickly expanding its reach among U.S. retailers. It’s promoting its products as a means...
Square’s Cash app downloads exceed Venmo’s in May
The peer-to-peer payments race is now more than a duel between bank-backed Zelle and Paypal-owned Venmo. According to a report...
Bento for Business adds ‘Zelle-like’ service for B2B payments
Bento for Business, a Chicago-based B2B payments firm, today unveiled Bento Pay, which it claims is a first-of-its-kind digital payment...
