PayPal Is Said to Be in ‘Early Talks’ to Acquire Square
PayPal, reportedly is looking to make some acquisitions before it spins off from eBay, and is eyeing Square.
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Epiphyte, Matchmove Win Fintech Startup Challenge
More than 280 companies entered the Innotribe Startup Challenge but just two emerged triumphant: the money movement service Epiphyte, and ...
VIDEO: Bankers Spill On How They Can Defend Against Apple
On the surface, Apple Pay should make bankers quake. Apple is not required to be a bank in order to ...
The Real Reason PayPal Isn’t an Apple Pay Preferred Partner
UPDATE (10/1/14, 1:41 PM ET) Earlier this month, before Apple Pay came out, Bank Innovation wrote that Apple and PayPal ...
What We Hope to See From the Leumi Hackathon
To explain the remarkable technology innovation coming out of Israel, one Israeli entrepreneur once said that in the tiny nation, ...
Why ‘Softcard’ Is Just an Awful Brand Name
With the opportunity to rebrand (the payments firm, not the terrorist organization), ISIS could have gone in a multitude of ...
Digital Gifting Alive and Well After Facebook Kills ‘Gifts’
Facebook announced yesterday that it would on August 12 shut down Facebook Gifts, its program selling virtual and physical gift cards for retailers ...
Visa’s Innovation Center Looks Like a Great Place to Drink Coffee
Last week, Visa opened a 112,000-square-foot innovation center near the Ferry Building at the start of Market Street in San ...
Bitcoin ‘Suspicious Activity’ on the Rise, FinCEN Reports
It turns out bitcoin is generating suspicious financial activity, according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, better known as FinCEN.
Proposed N.Y. State Regulation Would End Bitcoin Anonymity
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released a proposal today to regulate bitcoins and other forms of virtual currency, ...
