PayPal Here vs. Square Revisited
Square may have already won the mobile payments war, while everyone else, including PayPal, may be left to scramble for the leftovers....
Tag: mobile payments
What PayPal’s Latest Acquisition Tells Us about Square’s Dominance
Mobile payments start-up Card.io initially started out as a Square competitor, but could never gain any traction and has now been acquired by PayPal....
Free Lunches, Interchange Zero and 35-Percent Processing Fees
Creating buzz around a mobile payments service is fine, so long as the taglines are not too outrageous. However, "Interchange Zero" crosses the line....
M-Pesa at 5: A Huge Success, but Has Its Limitations
M-Pesa's mobile payment service has been a huge success in Africa, but there is no demand for this type of a platform in a developed country....
Yet another Square Look-Alike Enters the U.S., Aims Higher
mPowa -- a British start-up that has just launched in the US -- thinks that we need another Square-like mobile payments service and it may have a point....