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Quang Truong wrote a new post, Payfone, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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Founded in 2008 by Rodger Desai and Mike Brody, Payfone’s core business is to facilitate online purchases with the use of cellphones. The company relies on the usage of the SS7 inter-carrier roaming network […] -
Quang Truong wrote a new post, Boku & Zong, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 1 month, 1 week ago
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BOKU and ZONG are new online payments companies that facilitate payments of virtual goods though mobile phone bills. Their primary clients are online businesses that sell virtual goods, which they connect […] -
Quang Truong wrote a new post, Google Wallet, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Google Wallet is a smart phone app released by Google in September 2011. Very similar to ISIS, Google Wallet hopes to help consumers by consolidating the contents of their wallets (credit cards, debit cards […] -
Quang Truong wrote a new post, ISIS, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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ISIS is a joint venture between wireless carriers AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless. Started in 2010, the collaboration hopes to expand the use of NFC technology and spur on contactless […] -
Quang Truong wrote a new post, Dwolla, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 2 months ago
NICHE:Dwolla is a “cash based payment network” launched in 2009 by co-founders Ben Milne and Shane Neuerburg. Initially starting small, the company connected just a few banks and retailers in Des Moines, Iowa. […]
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Quang Truong wrote a new post, Square, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 2 months ago
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Square is a San Francisco based startup founded in 2010 by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter. Square enables merchants – typically small businesses and individual contractors – to collect […] -
Quang Truong wrote a new post, LevelUp, on the site The Cost of Cash Blog 2 months, 1 week ago
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LevelUp is a Cambridge, MA mobile payments company launched in March of 2010. The brainchild of Seth Priebatsch, founder of SCVNGR, the company was initially operated as a daily deals […]