P2P

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Know Your Member: How Credit Unions Can Win Via Customer Experiences
Know Your Member: How Credit Unions Can Win Via Customer Experiences
January 15, 2020  |  Credit Unions

We don’t mean to be melodramatic here at PYMNTS, but one can reasonably argue that as a new decade begins, credit unions (CUs) are in...

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Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z
Why Digital Payments Innovation Sticks To Gen Z
January 14, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Things move fast – perhaps too quickly at times – in payments and commerce. A fresh sign of that is how much focus is turning...

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China Likely To See More P2P Shutdowns This Year
China Likely To See More P2P Shutdowns This Year
January 09, 2020  |  International

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is headed for more turbulence in 2020 as more of its popular platforms face potentially being shut down as the...

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12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2020
12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2020
December 24, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Past is prologue. For the annual holiday exercise at PYMNTS (describing the 12 main or most exciting ways to pay in 2019), it is clear...

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India Introduces New Laws, Cap Regarding P2P Lending
India Introduces New Laws, Cap Regarding P2P Lending
December 23, 2019  |  Regulation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a move to protect the interests of consumers, has passed a regulation that says the allowable exposure of...

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Visa’s Bill Sheley On What’s Next For Push Payments
Visa’s Bill Sheley On What’s Next For Push Payments
December 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The last decade of payments innovation has developed new normals for senders and receivers of money that could not have been achieved — let alone...

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FinTech Startup Curve Launches P2P Payments Feature
FinTech Startup Curve Launches P2P Payments Feature
December 20, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Curve, a banking app that consolidates all of a person’s bank cards into one card and app, is launching a new feature that will allow...

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets
December 17, 2019  |  Investments

Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6...

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Chinese Province Shuts Down All P2P Lenders
Chinese Province Shuts Down All P2P Lenders
December 16, 2019  |  International

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms have shuttered in China’s Hebei province as regulators aim to get rid of deception and inefficiency in the sector, South China...

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