Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday.
@TheLevelUp: Looks like we really get around, congrats to Mike P. in Boston for being our 1MM! Usually we’d make you buy us dinner but enjoy $500 on us!
LevelUp spent the past week-or-so building up to its millionth transaction, finally hitting that benchmark Tuesday and rewarding one lucky user with $500. August reports suggested LevelUp processes $2 million in transactions for 200,000 users per month, so more milestone giveaways could be coming in the near future.
@KenBeirne: RT @pymnts Parlez-Vous @PayPayl? Ow.lyd9fW . Oui! PayPal in France and ordering your French fries too.
We thank Ken for the retweet of Karen Webster’s analysis on the news that 30 McDonalds in France will accept PayPal. With such an announcement coming just a few weeks after Square’s megadeal with Starbucks, the battle for restaurant mobile payment supremacy continues to escalate.
@Charles_CDJ: @pymnts Uh… Minority Report anyone? #thefutureisnow
We’re entertained by Charles’ reaction to our report on a group of British researchers who’ve developed an algorithm that predicts mobile device owners’ future locations. The algorithm was created with commercial opportunities in mind, so perhaps Tom Cruise will get a sweet deal offer from Groupon as he’s hunted by Washington’s PreCrime division.
@MasterCardNews: #MasterCard Survery Finds Parents of College Freshman Worried About Their Children’s Ability to Manage Money http://bit.ly/PYfkdf vis @PYMNTS
This survey’s results may seem self-evident at first, but a recent MasterCard Student Transition survey reveals almost 65 percent of parents worry their college-aged children may mismanage money. Enter the ISIC card, which offers discounts and benefits to students in over 120 countries.
@wrightthompson: Everyone needs to read this hilarious story about a beagle who eats money by @petejamison http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninte…
Wondering how we found that hard-hitting “dog eats cash” story? Our scoop came from Wright Thompson, who enlightened all of his followers with this tweet.
There’s our top five for the week. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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