2013 Innovators to Watch: The Alphabetical List
Here are the Bank Innovation 2013 Innovators to Watch, listed alphabetically: Sam Altman, Green Dot/GoBank Robert Bell, Passport Harry Brandicourt, Fifth Third Bianca Buckridee, JPMorgan Chase Shawn...
View ArticleTwo New Security Startups Look to Network Intelligence to Fight Fraud
A financial transaction wants to takes place on a mobile device, which the bank must verify very quickly — but how? Two new startups offer solutions that use network intelligence outside the mobile...
View ArticleCapitalizing on Emerging Payments with a Succesful Strategy
We’ve heard it a million times. Mobile technology is changing the way customers interact with most organizations, most prominently in financial services and retail. Key players must possess mobile...
View ArticleSimple and Lemon Wallet Update iPhone Apps
Simple and Lemon Wallet updated their iPhone apps yesterday. Simple provides its banking service to some 35,000 customers, and Lemon Wallet, one of the iPhone’s most downloaded apps, is a mobile wallet...
View ArticleBetterHaves Wins FinCapDev’s $50,000 Grand Prize
BetterHaves, a budgeting tool for couples, has won FinCapDev’s $50,000 grand prize, it was announced last night. The BetterHaves team, led by Ital Leibowitz, beat out 12 other teams in the competition,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Inside the Cashless Economy of a Farmers’ Market, Courtesy of MasterCard
The cashless economy at a farmers’ market is on display in this new MasterCard video. Interestingly, the video shows no actual transactions — meaning no swipes — but rather refers to them. Could that...
View ArticleCheck (formerly Pageonce) Launches Expedited Payments for $14.99 per Bill
Check, the account aggregator turned payments platform formerly known as Pageonce, has launched expedited bill pay for its 8 million customers. The service comes with a hefty price tag — $14.99 per...
View ArticleVIDEO: Braintree Says It Provides the ‘Connective Tissue’ of Payments
There is a whole backend to payments at ecommerce site after site — and Braintree is training to own it. Sorry, Stripe. Here’s the company’s strategy, as well as the strategies of a few other payments...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at Wells Fargo’s New ATM Text Receipts
Wells Fargo & Company today introduced text receipts at its more than 12,000 ATMs across the nation. Wells, which says it is the first bank to offer the service, has made text receipts available to...
View ArticleVIDEO: IP Payments on Why Its Playstation Payments Solution Deserved an iAward
IP Payments, a payments company in Australia and New Zealand, recently was tasked with setting up the payments system for Quickflix, which is the local version of Netflix. IP had specific challenges...
View ArticleGoBank Opens Its Doors to All Customers
GoBank, the mobile-first bank account from prepaid veteran Green Dot Corporation, opened its doors to all comers today. GoBank updated its iPhone app this morning and noted that invitations are no...
View ArticleIn a First, City of Oakland Issues an ID That Doubles as a Debit Card
Ever thought you could use your government-issued ID to buy a cup of coffee? It seems like those days may not be far off now that the City of Oakland has issued a city ID card that is also a prepaid...
View ArticleSquare Introduces Square Market, a Free Online Store for Small Businesses
Payments platform provider Square has introduced Square Market, an online marketplace for local businesses. Square already has a strong foothold among small businesses and micro-merchants with its...
View ArticleFirst Trade Union Bank Releases Payment and Loyalty App Built on the LevelUp...
First Trade Union Bank has released a mobile payment and loyalty app based on the LevelUp platform. First Trade claims that it is now one of the first banks in the country to offer a complete mobile...
View ArticleVIDEO: PayPal Galactic to Boldly Go Where No Payments Company Has Gone Before...
The world isn’t big enough for PayPal anymore. Forget Square, Stripe and Dwolla — PayPal’s rocketing past its young competition and bringing its payments platform — used by 128 million people — into...
View ArticleMoven Emphasizes Personal Financial Management Tools in New Video
In a video posted today, Moven emphasizes the personal financial management (PFM) aspects of its mobile app, last updated June 20, 2013. Moven’s website says its doors are now open and allows users to...
View ArticleClinkle Will Reportedly Process Payments Using High-Frequency Sounds
The Silicon Valley startup Clinkle has gotten a tremendous amount of buzz recently, despite not having an app on the market or even really saying how it works. That might be because founder Lucas...
View ArticleIs there a pressing need for mobile commercial payments?
Is There A Pressing Need for Mobile Commercial Payments? From a consumer perspective, I wholeheartedly believe mobile is a necessary service channel. I am all about mobile, but we are not hearing a...
View ArticleMasterCard’s Simplify Commerce Takes on Stripe
MasterCard is taking a step into Stripe’s territory with Simplify Commerce, touted as a simple way to accept payments online. Aimed at small and micro-merchants their developers, Simplify Commerce...
View ArticleTop 5 Technology Trends in Financial Services – June 2013
Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of...
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