By Darrell Etherington March 20, 2012 Venmo Opens Mobile Payments Social Network to the Public Social payments startup Venmo is opening its product to the public today, after over two years in a limited, invitation-only…
By Darrell Etherington March 15, 2012 It’s David vs. Goliath for Square and PayPal Today, eBay subsidiary and online payments industry leader PayPal introduced PayPal Here, a dongle and software combination…
By Darrell Etherington March 6, 2012 Jumio Raises $25M, Turns Webcams Into ID Readers Jumio, the startup that made it possible to pay via webcam, is announcing a new Series B funding round of $25 million, led…
By Darrell Etherington March 5, 2012 Square Launches Register to Simplify Point-of-Sale Systems In talking to mobile payments startups recently, one thing became evident: integrating with the existing point-of-sale (POS)…
By Darrell Etherington February 16, 2012 The New Breed of Loyalty and Rewards Startups Shoppers go into stores for deals, but what gets them to stay and come back, day after day? That’s the question asked…