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P2P Lender SoFi Secures 80M In Series C Funding
April 04, 2014

Peer-to-peer lending service SoFi has recently announced securing $80 million in a Series C funding round led by Discovery Capital Management, with Peter Thiel, Wicklow Capital and existing investors participating. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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MasterCard Sees 40% Jump In APMEA Prepaid GDR
April 04, 2014

MasterCard’s prepaid card business in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) region experienced a 40 percent increase in year-over-year gross dollar volume last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 18
April 03, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Index:  http://www.pymnts.com/data-research/ . Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing...

Are Million Dollar Bitcoins In Our Near-Future?
April 03, 2014

Despite recent troubles, including an unfavorable IRS ruling, a Chinese ban and the various legal woes of  a variety of processors—some investors remain incredibly bullish on bitcoin.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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What MasterCard Sees in Mobile
April 03, 2014

Chief Emerging Products Officer for MasterCard, Ed McLaughlin, and Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster sat down recently to discuss the “state of mobile commerce” and the forces that are driving both change and innovation as part of The PYMNTS.com Mobile Commerce Insider Series digital...

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Why NetSpend is Winning at Prepaid
April 03, 2014

About a year has passed since TSYS first announced plans to acquire NetSpend. Now in TSYS’s ownership, the prepaid card provider’s main challenge has remained steady: re-educating consumers so they understand there are electronic-payment alternatives to traditional banking. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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GoDaddy Lets Customers Send E-Invoices With Dwolla
March 31, 2014

Web-hosting company GoDaddy is now allowing “business class” users to send e-invoices to their vendors or customers using Dwolla’s application programming interface and guest-checkout feature, according to a report in Silicon Prairie News.

The Taxman Meets Bitcoin
March 28, 2014

Only the bitcoin community could put on a happy face when the IRS led the way for tax authorities around the world to blow up billions of dollars of value for bitcoin holders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Bitcoin Prices Plunge on Rumored China Decision to Close Exchange Accounts
March 28, 2014

After a report that China’s central bank had ordered banks and payment companies to close the trading accounts of 10 bitcoins exchanges by April 15, 2014, the price of bitcoins has started declining sharply. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...