PayPal Offers Small Business Loans (and Acquires Rival Braintree for $800 Million)
PayPal is no stranger to risk management -- taking on the risk for online transactions is why PayPal exists. The ...
Tag: mobile payments
A New Dongle for Chip-and-PIN Cards May Ease EMV Adoption Pains in US
Finally there’s a dongle for the chip and PIN set. Actually, it's a bit big to be called a dongle. ...
Behind the Autofill News, a Full Reboot of Facebook’s Payments Strategy
Give Facebook your credit card information and the social network can make things easier for you -- and the merchant ...
VIDEO: Bank Innovation TV on Lessons from 3 Smart European Startups
This episode of Bank Innovation TV looks at three new companies from Europe and their potential lessons for US innovators: ...
Google Wallet Slips Ahead of Apple’s Passbook with iOS Release, Android Update
Amid the media noise about the new iPhones and the launch of iOS 7, Google quietly updated its Android app ...
Goldman Puts Its FinTech Focus Squarely on Cards
The future of payments may be mobile, but its present is emphatically plastic. For evidence, look no further than the ...
NFC Plus Fingerprint Scanners Make a Powerful Case for a Digital Wallet
The iPhone 5S will likely feature biometric security via fingerprint sensor, reports indicate, though this functionality is unlikely to play ...
Two New P2P Startups Rely on Bitcoin, Social Media to Differentiate in Crowded Field
There will soon be two more ways to use your phone instead of your wallet to pay back your friends ...
Biometrics on iPhone 5S Said to Fall Short for Payments
A photo reportedly of the new iPhone 5C. Apple Inc. is expected to launch the iPhone 5S tomorrow, but don't ...
If You Have $1 Billion, You Can Buy Braintree
In mid-July, a PayPal employee told Bank Innovation, off the record, that Braintree was "quietly being shopped around." It's not so ...
