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whnt.com
April 28, 2018
According to the New York Times, Zelle, is an up and coming peer to peer payment app used by eighteen banks in the United States with 70 more about to subscribe. According to the company, Zelle users transferred a staggering $75 billion in 2017. But with its success, the company is taking heat asÃâà...
The Merkle
April 27, 2018
Tallinn, Estonia – April 26, 2018. Bettium has announced today the token sale to raise funds for its analytical blockchain platform for P2P betting, designed to combine the familiar features of online betting with unprecedented new capabilities, such as a built-in AI assistant, Big Data analytical tools andÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
April 26, 2018
Peer-to-peer or decentralized exchanges, which are based on the the blockchain digital-ledger technology, allow users trading virtual currencies to trade directly with one another without a central operator, similar to music sharing. Most decentralized projects, such as Loopring or ones using 0x's technologyÃâà...
newsBTC
April 21, 2018
Traveling the world in seconds through teleportation is something people have always wanted to do. However, the term is commonly associated with scenarios depicted in sci-fi movies like 'Star Trek' and 'Interstellar'. Many view teleportation as a fantasy that will never be fulfilled. However, advancedÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 20, 2018
Nearly two-thirds of millennials last year sent or received money using a peer-to-peer app, such as Cash, PayPal, Venmo and Zelle. The apps are fast, and often all it takes to transfer money to another's bank account is an email address or phone number. But as the use of these apps grows, so doÃâà...
CleanTechnica
April 20, 2018
With more than 90% of the nation's charging network installed in private locations, the world's first bookable home and destination EV charging platform — Bookmycharge — is urging EV drivers to join its peer-to-peer chargepoint sharing network. Jan Stannard, Co-founder of Bookmycharge, said: “OurÃâà...
Chico News & Review
April 19, 2018
Ray McKelligott took two drags of a “snipe” cigarette after months of not smoking, and moments later was in the hospital, his heart failing. It was a nearly impossible habit to kick after almost 30 years puffing two packs a day. “Skull and crossbones, baby,” he said. “Two drags—boom, I was gone. That's howÃâà...
Crowdfund Insider
April 19, 2018
The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has released Q1 data for its member platforms. According to the industry association, P2P lending is nearing Ãâã9 billion in loan originations having provided finance for approximately 50,000 business and 221,000 individuals. Total investors stand at aroundÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 16, 2018
In peer-to-peer payments, there may be room for more than one winner. PayPal Holdings Inc.'s PYPL, -2.50% Venmo was once synonymous with the act of sending money digitally to a friend, replete with emoji annotations and a news feed of all your friends' transfers. Now the big banks are now showingÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
April 12, 2018
Uber soon will add “peer-to-peer” car rentals from Getaround, which arranges rentals of regular people's cars, to its app in San Francisco, the companies said Wednesday. Within a couple of weeks, local Uber riders will be able to tap on the app's upper-left menu to see an option called Rent, and then aÃâà...
FleetNews
April 12, 2018
Bookmycharge is urging motorists to join its peer-to-peer charging network following a 13.5% year-on-year growth in electric vehicle sales in Q1. It said 12,825 new plug-in vehicles were sold between January and March 2018, with an additional 7,600 domestic chargepoints installed this year. There areÃâà...
CU Columbia Spectator
April 12, 2018
However, Acquaye later realized that her slides did not offer a fair representation of student perception of peer-to-peer resources due to her inclusion of students who had never used these resources when calculating student satisfaction rates. Four days after Spectator reported on the findings of the surveyÃâà...
The Star Online
April 12, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR: N2N Connect Bhd has agreed to acquire a 28% stake in an Australian peer-to-peer lending company for AU$2.8mil (RM8.33mil) cash. The company told the stock exchange today that the acquisition of OurMoneyMarket Holdings Pty Ltd is not expected to have any “material effect” on itsÃâà...
City A.M.
April 12, 2018
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa is in talks with investors over a fresh round of fundraising, with the fintech firm today announcing a shake-up of its structure in preparation for launching a new banking arm. Zopa is looking to raise around ̣̉50m and could value the firm at up to ̣̉400m, according to Sky News.
The Scope Weekly (blog)
April 11, 2018
As a result, the SoLo (Social Loans) peer-to-peer mobile micro-lending app was created specifically to provide more affordable lending options for people who need access to low-value funds. In April 2018, SoLo closed a $1.2M seed round of funding for the launch of their peer-to-peer micro-lending app.
Retail Dive
April 9, 2018
An Amazon peer-to-peer payment offering would compete directly with Venmo, which is owned by PayPal. Venmo processed more than $10 billion worth of person-to-person payments in the fourth quarter of 2017, and is believed to have roughly 7 million monthly users, according to the Journal report.
Motley Fool
April 4, 2018
Peer-to-peer lending platforms such as Prosper and LendingClub (NYSE:LC) have changed the way people can borrow money, and apps such as Venmo and Zelle have made it easier and cheaper to send money. In this segment from Industry Focus: Financials, analyst Michael Douglass and Motley FoolÃâà...
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
April 4, 2018
I described what I wanted, and she told me to send a nonrefundable $150 deposit–half of the cost–via PayPal's peer-to peer (P2P) payment function. The alarm bells didn't go off until I couldn't reach her on the day of the appointment. Was this stranger going to show up as promised, or did I just lose $150?
YourStory.com
April 3, 2018
Earlier, in January, India's peer-to-peer lending companies came together to form the Association of P2P Lending Platforms. Being a representative body for its members and the P2P lending industry, it will also be expected to work in conjunction with the government and regulatory authorities on matters of compliance, andÃâà...
CU Columbia Spectator
April 3, 2018
Barnard's Student Government Association released the results of its annual Desserts After Dark survey, which found that the majority of respondents are dissatisfied with the quality of peer-to-peer resources, including the writing and speaking fellow programs, and gym facilities, at its Monday meeting.
The Spokesman-Review
April 3, 2018
Venmo, Apple Pay, and Snapcash are some of the most popular peer-to-peer money transferring apps used by millennials today, according to a report last year multimedia financial services company The Motley Fool. Venmo users transmitted $8 billion in the second quarter of 2017, according to PayPal,Ãâà...
Greentech Media
April 3, 2018
In this episode of The Interchange, we're exploring the potential of peer-to-peer trading. We'll start with the Consensus segment, where we explore a specific blockchain tech or concept. Later in the show, we'll talk with Colleen Metelitsa, a grid edge analyst with GTM Research, about investment trends andÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 3, 2018
Square Inc. SQ, -0.73% said Tuesday that it would be making its peer-to-peer Cash app available in the U.K. This marks the first international market for the app. As in the U.S., users will be able to send and receive money for free, and a user's bank will receive British pounds automatically by the end of theÃâà...
CleanTechnica
April 3, 2018
The advantage of peer-to-peer sharing for General Motors is that it will not own the vehicles the way it does the cars in the Maven inventory at present. A spokesperson for Maven was tight-lipped, telling The Verge, “At Maven, we are always considering new, innovative ways to make sharing easier.
The Merkle
March 31, 2018
Invoice Financing is a popular business function in small and medium businesses which are in an urgent need of cash. Invoice financing, for those who may not be aware, is a process which involves businesses selling off their invoices to third party financers in exchange for instant cash. These invoices areÃâà...
The Register
March 30, 2018
As the political handwringing about how to deal with the pesky internet reaches new heights, the House of Lords has launched an inquiry into the best way to regulate the web. The probe, announced today by the Communications Committee, will ask how governments should deal with the problems thrownÃâà...
Green Car Congress (blog)
March 30, 2018
Businesses can simply and safely rent vehicles via this peer-to-peer sharing platform. Fleet owners list their vehicles on the digital platform, set vehicle availability for idle periods, and receive automated payments from a trusted business owner. Business owners seeking vehicles can search the platform byÃâà...
Bdaily
March 28, 2018
Would you pay Ãâã50 for smelly, used socks? Some people pay up to Ãâã50 for a pair of smelly rag. If you think they are crazy, let me ask you one more question. Have you invested in a peer to peer or a person to person loan and lost money? If you have, you might have done the exact same mistake the peopleÃâà...
Fox 2 Detroit
March 28, 2018
(WJBK) - Inspired by her students, special education teacher Kimberly Sclafani began a Peer to Peer support group this year at Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte. Her students would spend most of their day at school only with their teachers, and would often ask her why they weren't more involved withÃâà...
TechSpot
March 28, 2018
Swappa has just launched a Video Games section to its peer-to-peer selling site. Swappa started out acting as a type of escrow service for people wishing to sell their smartphone. Since then it has grown and evolved into a user-to-user marketplace for laptops, tablets, home tech, and now video games.
TechBullion
March 28, 2018
P2P Solutions Foundation is a blockchain powered interface that provides a decentralized peer to peer communication system for its users without the need for intermediaries or meddling third parties. A Push System platform was first founded in March 2010 under the US-based Limited Liability companyÃâà...
Crowdfund Insider
March 28, 2018
We have received some information from an insider regarding Chinese peer to peer lending platforms being unable to update their Apps in the Apple App store due to a regulatory disconnect. From what we have been told, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is enforcing a rule that requires Chinese online lenders toÃâà...
StreetInsider.com
March 27, 2018
Businesses can simply and safely rent vehicles via this peer-to-peer sharing platform. Fleet owners list their vehicles on the digital platform, set vehicle availability for idle periods, and receive automated payments from a trusted business owner. Business owners seeking vehicles can search the platform byÃâà...
Fleet Europe
March 27, 2018
The electric vehicle charging platform, Zap-Map, has launched two peer-to-peer charging networks in the UK that will allow fleets and private motorists to make their charge points accessible to other EV drivers. The new networks will enable charge point owners to sell electricity to third party EV drivers.
The News Minute
March 23, 2018
The new business it wishes to enter is peer to peer lending and is seeking a license from the regulator RBI, if reports are to be believed. Though there has not been any official announcement directly from Paytm, it is learnt that the company has already passed a resolution in its Board meeting held onÃâà...
CNET
March 23, 2018
That's the whole idea behind Zap-Map, which launched two new peer-to-peer EV charging networks in the United Kingdom. The basic idea behind it is pretty straightforward -- you can lend your EV charger to a stranger so they can charge their electric car, and you get paid for it. It's like Airbnb, but for EVÃâà...
Android Central
March 22, 2018
Google has announced that it is bringing a popular feature of Google Wallet, peer-to-peer payments, to Assistant on Android and iOS this week. Peer-to-peer payments were sequestered to the Wallet app for many years before recently being subsumed into the Google Pay app itself under the brand PayÃâà...
MediaNama.com
March 22, 2018
Paytm is reportedly trying to enter the lending space and is seeking a licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to become a peer-to-peer lending platform. The development, first reported by the Economic Times was sourced from filings made by the One97 Communications (Paytm's parent company) atÃâà...
SmarterTravel.com
March 22, 2018
The idea of matching idle cars with car-seeking drivers has occurred to several entrepreneurs, setting up peer-to-peer car renting operations that mimic Airbnb. The earliest attempt, called FlightCar, failed. It was considered too airport-centric and risked losing money by guaranteeing travelers free airportÃâà...
Property Investor Today
March 21, 2018
Peer-to-peer secured lending platform Lendy has just signed up the 20,000th investor on its platform. Its investor base has expanded by more than 50% from 13,000 in the last year alone and Lendy says this proves more investors are seeking a high-yielding element in their portfolios. Of the 7,000 newÃâà...
Moultrie Observer
March 21, 2018
Instructors and graduates of the recent NAMI Peer-to-Peer class include, seated from left, instructor Amy Wolf and Maurice Draine; and standing from left, ... NAMI Moultrie held a graduation celebration on Thursday, March 8, for nine individuals who successfully completed the ten-week NAMI Peer-to-PeerÃâà...
Benefits Canada
March 20, 2018
Carrot Rewards is launching a new peer-to-peer rewards platform to help Canadians encourage one another to get physically active. The wellness app is a platform that leverages behavioural economics and nudge theory to motivate Canadians to make better lifestyle choices. Users connect the app to theÃâà...
Psychiatry Advisor
March 20, 2018
Sagar V. Parikh, MD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues trained 121 students at 10 high schools to develop and implement peer-to-peer depression awareness campaigns. A total of 878 students at the schools completed questionnaires before and after implementation of theÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 20, 2018
Chinese peer-to-peer lender Golden Bull djnr priced its initial public offering Tuesday at $4 a share. The company sold 1.55 million shares to raise $6.2 million. Underwriter ViewTrade Securites Inc. has a 45-day option to buy up an additional 232,500 shares. The stock will start trading later Tuesday on theÃâà...
NET Website
March 20, 2018
Peer-to-peer property rental is a booming industry in the United States. Nebraska has been no different. Airbnb, the largest online hospitality service, is active in more than 65,000 cities and 190 countries. In 2017, Airbnb renters made $4.3 million in Nebraska, compared to $2.5 million the year before -- anÃâà...
The Times
March 18, 2018
An Innovative Finance Isa (IF Isa) allows you to invest in tax-free peer-to-peer (P2P) loans. This is where you advance money direct to individuals or businesses, in an arrangement that bypasses banks, and in return receive interest for a set period — perhaps 7% — and you get back your money at the end.
TechCentral.ie
March 15, 2018
A new project launched at the International Energy Research Centre (IERC) Annual Conference this week aims to accelerate peer-to-peer energy trading in Ireland through blockchain technology. EnerPort, led by the IERC, and in partnership with SFI's Insight Centre at NUI Galway, will investigate howÃâà...
Digital Journal
March 15, 2018
When using a peer-to-peer (P2P) call exchange, a telecom equipment (softswitch, IP PBX or VoIP gateway) attempts to route every outgoing call through the exchange, but if the number is not registered there or not accessible via the exchange, then it proceeds to route the call via traditional PSTN network.
The Spoon (blog)
March 15, 2018
What's makes Wefarm's 660,000-strong peer-to-peer network so special is its ability to connect farmers via the internet, even if they themselves don't have access to the internet. Which means that a farmer in Kenya can ask a question about irrigation methods which might be answered by farmers in UgandaÃâà...
Air Cargo News
March 15, 2018
Air cargo needs to begin the process of moving beyond peer-to-peer data sharing to multi-user systems. Speaking during a session on cargo data during the World Cargo Symposium, Hasse Romer, lead engagement new industries, Ericsson, said that his company along with Panalpina and Finnair CargoÃâà...
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