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Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster Ride to Nowhere
October 07, 2014

The Bitcoin exchange rate gets a lot of attention. Look at all the stories today over the fact that the exchange rate dipped below $300 on October 5, 2014 for the first time in 11 months, reaching $288.82 and down $869.51 from its all time...

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How Much More Expensive Are Business Checking Accounts?
October 07, 2014

For businesses owners, particularly of the small variety, their checking accounts may not be their friends. A new study released by WalletHub reveals that, when stacked up against their personal checking using counterparts in the consumer market, business customers are getting the short end of...

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Is Nimbl The Uber For Cash?
October 07, 2014

Need cash? Finding an ATM too much of a burden? Good news: There is now an “Uber for cash” that, with a few button clicks, will send a runner to the door, cash in hand. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Bitcoin Price Crashes
October 06, 2014

Been a bad weekend for bitcoin as the masses are selling and driving the prices down. The price of bitcoin is hovering at around $300 by most indices (check out the PYMNTS Bitcoin Price Index ) after briefly falling below $300 before ettling at around $296,...

The Incredible Shrinking Digital Currency
October 03, 2014

Bitcoin is now just a big game of how low can you go with prices down to $374.67 from $410. PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index. When looking at the bitcoin trading this week, unless one is truly risky, traders are advised to refrain from shorting the...

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Is The Bitcoin Protocol Creating A Boundary- Less Payments Process?
October 02, 2014

Existing payment schemes were created with the understanding that payments are going to be (and stay) domestic. That old school way of thinking doesn’t reflect today’s increasingly global business landscape. As an innovator in the B2B payments space, Serial Entrepreneur and founder of a stealthy...

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Turns Out That Payday-Loan Customers Are Pretty Savvy Borrowers
October 02, 2014

Conventional wisdom might lead one to conclude that payday lending is a scourge upon the Earth and an institution dedicated wholly to feasting on the financially disadvantaged and entrapping them unwittingly into an unending cycle of interest, fees and renewals intended to turn a $500...

Western Union Money Transfers Come To Walgreens And Duane Reed
October 02, 2014

Western Union is now allowing customers of Walgreens to transfer money domestically through a new Western Union stage-and-pay kiosk model.  The kiosks will use the the Walgreens Balance Financial platform. Starting now, customers can send or receive money at almost 8,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations...

Credit Karma Raises New Round, And Valuation
September 30, 2014

Whoever said that no one ever got rich giving something away for nothing had clearly never met the good people at Credit Karma.  The San Francisco start-up that made its name by offering consumers a truly free glance at their credit reports has just finished...