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...

On Paypal: How it Succeeded and What We can Learn Last week’s WIRED Business Conference “Disruptive by Design” highlighted several key innovators in business today, including Israel’s Shai Agassi for Better Place, Elon Musk for Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, and Scott Thompson of Paypal. The video of Scott...