May 06, 2015
FinTech’s Billion Dollar Investment Week (And How To Disrupt A...
Though perhaps a bit overstated, the sharing and subscription economy is changing the face of the way consumers interact with the marketplace of goods and services. Yesterday, Google Ventures managing partner...
May 04, 2015
Visa Europe Launches International Innovation Hub
With an eye toward sparking innovation, Visa Europe has opened a new hub. Late last week, the payment services cooperative launched Visa Europe Collab, an international innovation hub that supports...
May 04, 2015
Apple Co-Founder Steve ‘The Woz’ Joins Next-Gen ATM Company
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined a payments company that’s looking to use the blockchain technology, the public ledger behind bitcoin transactions, for its next generation of ATMs. Planet Capital...
May 01, 2015
Bitcoin Walks The Plank And Wall Street Supports Circle
Denied. It seems the attorneys for Ross Ulbricht – AKA the Dread Pirate Roberts – have reached the end of the line as federal judge Katherine Forrest rejected their request for a retrial earlier...
April 30, 2015
Aussie Grocers Tapped To Fill SME Finance Gap
Could supermarkets be the solution to Australia’s small business financing gap? According to some policymakers, the answer is most certainly “yes.” Businessman David Murray, who is heading the ongoing financial...
April 30, 2015
Coinbase Finds Home Across The FinTech Pond
Coinbase, the U.S.-based digital currency startup, announced yesterday (April 29) that it is expanding its presence into the U.K. The international expansion allows the startup to bring its Coinbase Exchange...
April 28, 2015
Creditcall’s CEO Strategy Of Expansion
Since becoming the CEO of Creditcall in 2014, Lars D. Pedersen has been on point to drive the global payment company’s expansion in the United States. Pedersen recently shared with...
April 24, 2015
Why FinTech Startups Get The Scraps Of Bank Investment
The financial technology sector is one of the hottest investment spots in the game, but you won’t often find banks jumping in on the action, according to a new report...
April 24, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, April 17-24
Last week, PYMNTS reported on one of the year’s busiest days for B2B investment with more than $130 million of funding entering in the space. The last few days, however,...
One-Third of Credit Union Members Would Leave for Better Credit Products
Consumers are on the hunt for better access to credit and financing, and they’re not afraid to shop around to find the FI providing the lowest rates and most convenient offerings. PYMNTS’ latest study of more than 4,000 consumers and 154 FinTech and CU execs reveals what CUs can do to win — and keep — consumers’ business. Read more in Credit Union Innovation: How Credit Products’ Rates and Terms Impact FI Selection,” a collaboration with PSCU.