Biometrics Get a Boost with MasterCard’s ‘Selfie Pay’ Test
Would you like to authenticate a payment with a selfie? MasterCard hopes you do. The use case is simple. Swipe...
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JPMorgan Chase Is First Bank to Top 20 Million Mobile Users
JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s active mobile users totaled about 21 million last quarter, the bank announced today. JPM is the...
New Bitcoin Email Service Compounds Digital Currency Complexity
It is called "cool" on Reddit, but the new bitcoin email transfer service called MoneyPacket.org just adds complexity to the...
American Express Introduces Checkout, Includes Stripe Tie-In
American Express launched a checkout service to rival PayPal today. Buy buttons are a hotly contested space, with Google, Amazon,...
3 Startups to Watch: BLK, Currency Mood, PotCoin
The three FinTech startups worth watching this week take markedly different approaches to creating products: two fill needs in underserved markets and...
Amid Turmoil, Greece Turns to Bitcoins
Financial crises have a way of helping people find cryptocurrency religion, and the turmoil in Greece is no exception. Over...
The Rise of the Fintech Intermediary Ecosystem
Here's a quiz for you: Which commands a greater price today: A) a financial product; or B) the distribution of...
Lighthouse is unbundling Kickstarter using bitcoin
So far most Bitcoin and Blockchain ventures are at the infrastructure layer such as wallets, exchanges, mining, payment processing and...
Shopping Rewards Startup Mogl Raises $8 Million to Expand Network
San Diego-based Mogl has raised another $8 million to further its rewards business, CEO Jon Carder told FinAi News last week....
Is Xoom Worth $890 Million?
Did PayPay pay too much for Xoom yesterday? The purchase price of $890 million put a 25% premium on Xoom's...
