P2P

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
First Data: Creating The Digital Disbursements Standard
June 26, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Not exotic. Just another step on the path to make instant disbursements a standard way to pay at a time when the demand has never...

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Venmo Launches Debit Cards
Venmo Launches Debit Cards
June 25, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Venmo is getting into cards. The peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal said Monday (June 25) that it has launched a Mastercard-branded debit card. The...

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FinTech Catches Regulatory Gaze In The US 
FinTech Catches Regulatory Gaze In The US 
June 25, 2018  |  Regulation

Regulators turned their collective gaze toward FinTech firms this past week. Specifically, the Treasury Department is slated to release (sometime over the next few weeks)...

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Mercari Shows Yen For Online Marketplaces, Trade Wars Dampen GDP Hopes
Mercari Shows Yen For Online Marketplaces, Trade Wars Dampen GDP Hopes
June 22, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

The best way to describe an initial public offering (IPO) that jumps double digits out of the gate? “Nothing new.” On closer look, however, the...

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Tech Unicorn To Bring Billions In Japan, Illuminating A Culture Of Thrift
Tech Unicorn To Bring Billions In Japan, Illuminating A Culture Of Thrift
June 18, 2018  |  IPO

One of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) in Japan may herald a sea change across a number of fronts: in payments, how the Japanese...

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Venmo To Phase Out Web Support
Venmo To Phase Out Web Support
June 18, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal, is gearing up to discontinue web support for its payment service. TechCrunch, citing an email to users,...

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Zelle Projected To Grow More Than 73 Percent In 2018
Zelle Projected To Grow More Than 73 Percent In 2018
June 15, 2018  |  Payment Methods

With Zelle projected to overtake Venmo, eMarketer expects the payment service to grow more than 73 percent this year. The firm is projecting that Zelle...

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OB1 CEO: OpenBazaar, P2P The Key To Private, Global eCommerce – With Cryptos, Too
OB1 CEO: OpenBazaar, P2P The Key To Private, Global eCommerce – With Cryptos, Too
June 11, 2018  |  eCommerce

OpenBazaar bills itself as a new way to transact online, through decentralized markets and with cryptocurrencies.  At the root of the global push of OpenBazaar...

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Mastercard Send Debuts In UK With Real-Time Payments To Bank Accounts
Mastercard Send Debuts In UK With Real-Time Payments To Bank Accounts
June 06, 2018  |  Mastercard

In the first service offered by Mastercard after integrating Vocalink last year, and with an eye on real-time payments, Mastercard Send is launching in the...

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