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)

Cash Beats P2P Payment Apps, Study Finds
Cash Beats P2P Payment Apps, Study Finds
October 20, 2016  |  Cash

Thinning wallets might be indicative of a shift in consumer preference toward credit cards and digital wallets, but is it? Not for 84 percent of U.S. consumers...

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MoneyGram CEO Talks MobilePass
MoneyGram CEO Talks MobilePass
October 05, 2016  |  Payment Methods

MoneyGram’s launch yesterday of MobilePass is the latest example of its commitment to moving away from being transaction-centric to becoming a relationship-centric platform for its...

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Germany Gets A Taste For P2P Payments With Cookies App
Germany Gets A Taste For P2P Payments With Cookies App
August 17, 2016  |  International

Peer-to-peer payments, or P2P, may be branching out from the States. As TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. 16), marquee names in the space, such as Venmo,...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It
August 05, 2016  |  Bitcoin

This week was the first week of the last full month of summer. That could make this week a Sizzle because it’s the last full...

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Early Warning Adds Capital One, Chase, Wells Fargo To P2P Network
Early Warning Adds Capital One, Chase, Wells Fargo To P2P Network
July 12, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Real-time payments are no longer only reserved to FinTech startups. Capital One, Chase and Wells Fargo have all started offering real-time payments thanks to Early...

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Tapp Commerce Secures $9M To Expand P2P Payments
Tapp Commerce Secures $9M To Expand P2P Payments
June 14, 2016  |  International

Tapp Commerce, the peer-to-peer commerce exchange network that traces its roots to Finland but has been targeting expansion in Asia, said on Sunday (June 12)...

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ChangeJar Lets Users Pay With ‘Loose Change’
ChangeJar Lets Users Pay With ‘Loose Change’
June 01, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Canadian FinTech firm ChangeJar is launching a mobile app that lets users pay for transactions with their smartphones using their loose change. In a press release on Monday...

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Lending Club Closes Under $5 A Share
Lending Club Closes Under $5 A Share
May 10, 2016  |  Earnings

Shares of Lending Club broke through what might be an important psychological barrier on Monday (May 9) — the $5 level — and issues that...

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P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
April 01, 2016  |  Regulation

Reuters reported on Thursday (March 31) that, in the United Kingdom, “a flurry of companies” have been busy pursuing authorization to boost, or create, their peer-to-peer...

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