Revolution in Local Payments Thanks for returning to FinTechIsrael! Have you already subscribed to our RSS feed? 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...

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...