Teen Card: Will Paypal’s Student Accounts be the 1st real success?

Thanks for returning to FinTechIsrael! Have you already subscribed to our RSS feed?Sorry for the hiatus, but I have been out of town for the first two weeks of August. Our first event should be finalized shortly, and should be available for RSVP via Meetup.com soon. Over the years, nearly every bank, credit...

Revolution in Local Payments

On July 3, BlingNation closed an $8M round A, of which $6.3M was funded by Lightspeed. The company focuses on offering contactless payment options for community banks, at lower rates than Visa/MC. Their products include the BlingTag sticker that is attached to the mobile phone, the BlingTag Reader wireless...

The Contactless Payment Revolution

Back when I used to live in New York, I’d come home from the office or dinner at around 11pm and inevitably stop off at the local CVS/Duane Reade to buy a few quick items for the apartment – shampoo, a bottle of water, bag of nuts, whatever. As a well-informed credit consumer, I of course paid...