Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday.
@mattcharris: @BC_PYMNTS square has the better, more modern engineering group and better brand; paypal has better infrastructure and reach.
Matt tweeted this out in response to my request for some reader opinion on PayPal’s recent announcement that it’s launched its first native app for the iPad, encroaching on Square’s territory in the tablet-as-POS theater. I have a feeling both PayPal and Square backers would find a way to disagree with him here, but overall I think it’s a pretty reasonable take on the two companies’ strengths and weaknesses.
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@hillvee7: @pymnts Every mobile financial service I’ve tried has been seriously flawed. Still waiting for a winner there.
This tweet caught me eye largely because it’s easy to get caught up in corporate optimism, and is subsequently refreshing when you hear from consumers who actually try payments products in their everyday lives. We hear about how mobile banking it the way of the future on a daily basis here – and I’m at least inclined to agree – but that certainly doesn’t mean that it’s perfect right now. We thank James for being candid, and welcome more feedback like this whenever you read our stories.
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@pshweta06: “@pymnts: Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins Predicts Massive Job Cuts ow.ly/iKnk4” uh oh.
They say brevity is the soul of wit, and in this case it actually makes for solid analysis as well. Shweta is commenting on this story on some interesting quotes from Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins, courtesy of someone close to the bank leader, according to SkyNews.com. The numbers Jenkins mentioned – cutting 40,000 out of 140,000 employees over the next several years – are startling, but we should be clear that this was not an official statement and Barclays has taken no such action. Yet.
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@Jonlear: Very excited to be on @pymnts CEO panel at Innovation Project 2013 for @earthport. Superb participants and discussion expected. cc @karenmpd
Now that the Innovation Project is less than one week away, we’re getting inundated with tweets from attendees who are excited about many different aspects of what will be an intense two days centered around payments innovation. We can’t respond to each one of you, so consider Mr. Lear here your representative, and believe us when we say we can’t wait to speak with you either! If you have any news you want to discuss before you hit Boston, be sure to let us know.
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@teddyhomer: What’s the pope’s favorite form of electronic payments. Paypal.
We cant’ talk about Twitter this week without citing a Pope joke. That this has only four retweets and two favorites is a great injustice.
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Have a good weekend, and happy tweeting!
