Mobile Payments: Interesting Stories of ‘09 and Hopes for a Brighter Future Thanks for returning to FinTechIsrael! Have you already subscribed to our RSS feed? The mobile phone as a real multitasker finally took hold in 2009, partially due to the ongoing success of the iPhone (remember, iPhone prices dropped around the 3GS launch on June 8th of this year), and the increased maturity...

Teen Card: Will Paypal’s Student Accounts be the 1st real success? 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 card firm, and payment firm has attempted to solve infamous Teen Card dilemma...

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...