Clinkle Searches for Ideas in Expensive Hackathon Promo Video
Clinkle, the $30 million startup that was supposed to revolutionize payments, has had a number of stumbles over the past ...
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Simple’s Extended Maintenance Shows Problem for FinTech Startups
Simple is in many ways the crown jewel of the financial technology startup industry. With its modern, intuitive, user interface, responsive ...
Banks Should Follow Silicon Valley and Split Up Their Services
This week, Facebook notified users that its chat services would be leaving the main Facebook app for iOS and Android, ...
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 ...
Is Sparo, Which Makes P2P Lending More Public, the Next Big Thing?
A new social lending startup is asking friends to lend and borrow money from each other in a public. Make ...
With Payments Revenue Still Stuck, Facebook to Bet on Messenger
Earnings and revenue at Facebook continue to boom. But not in payments. Payments remains a ho-hum revenue source for the ...
Here’s What Banks Have That Facebook And Snapchat Don’t
Banks still have an advantage over Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat in the payments industry when it comes to one thing: ...
Why Are Facebook & Twitter Doing E-Commerce? (Hint: For the Data )
Why are Facebook and Twitter suddenly interested in e-commerce? It looks like the access to transaction data could be a ...
Marcus Invested in Xapo While Head of PayPal
David Marcus invested in bitcoin startup Xapo while the head of PayPal, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Death by 1,000 Cuts: Apple, Facebook and Bank Fees
Last week, it was disclosed that Apple's iOS 8 would allow consumers to scan their credit cards for mobile payments. ...
