What Payment Service Do I Use?
As a banking & payments consultant, I get this question asked a lot! So I decided to answer.
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Paypal Account – Will There Ever Be A Network To Rival PayPal?
For years, PayPal has been the de facto giant when it comes to worldwide payments for all things e-commerce, digital services and services related. PayPal has ventured into wallets, point-of-sale terminals, remittances, card processing, business payments, etc. Is there any company in the world that could possibly rival PayPal?
PayPal buys TIO Networks for $233 million | TechCrunch
The news that PayPal stepped forward and acquired TIO Networks was a surprising one. If someone says they were expecting this, my answer is Bullshit! No one saw it coming. There 7 reasons why this deal is so unique, in a good way. The cost of acquisition for the 14 million customers, is $16.6 per customer …
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Government of Pakistan to invite PayPal, Amazon and Ebay into Pakistan
PayPal in Pakistan At a recent conference in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Minister for State for IT and Telecom: Anusha Rehman cites that the government will soon invite the likes of PayPal, Amazon and Ebay into Pakistan to start operations. This news first popped up on my timeline by a post carried out by ProPakistani and then one …
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PayPal’s 3rd Quarter Results 2015
PayPal’s 3rd Quarter Results 2015 PayPal recently released an infographic of its 3rd quarter results. What is important to note is that these are the results after PayPal split from Ebay earlier this year. What is interesting to see here are the revenue figures of PayPal: YoY revenue increased 19% and that is indeed spectacular by …
Fintech Podcast: Potpourri of Payment Players? What will happen next?
Fintech Podcast: Episode 72 This week on Around The Coin podcast, Brian and I discuss all things payments and where they are heading. We reflect back on almost 1.5 years of podcasting and do a quick score card and some future gazing on some of the big, small and stealth fintech names.
How does Paypal Work?
How Does Paypal Work? A question asked many times is how does a wallet work? Specifically how does Paypal (which is a wallet) work? Here is a brief slide deck that explains the generalized concept behind how Paypal works (or for that matter how any wallet works).
PayPal + Xoom Merger
There is a lot of excitement in the industry after PayPal announced it was buying the remittance company Xoom. A lot many people have asked, how will this play out? What is my opinion of it? Well, here it is, feel free to disagree. I won’t talk much about PayPal + Xoom, I think it …