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.

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ChangeJar Lets Users Pay With ‘Loose Change’
ChangeJar Lets Users Pay With ‘Loose Change’
June 01, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Canadian FinTech firm ChangeJar is launching a mobile app that lets users pay for transactions with their smartphones using their loose change. In a press release on Monday...

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Lending Club Closes Under $5 A Share
Lending Club Closes Under $5 A Share
May 10, 2016  |  Earnings

Shares of Lending Club broke through what might be an important psychological barrier on Monday (May 9) — the $5 level — and issues that...

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P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
P2P Lending Apps Swamp UK Regulator
April 01, 2016  |  Regulation

Reuters reported on Thursday (March 31) that, in the United Kingdom, “a flurry of companies” have been busy pursuing authorization to boost, or create, their peer-to-peer...

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Xfers Banks $2.5M To Streamline Online Seller Bank Transfers
Xfers Banks $2.5M To Streamline Online Seller Bank Transfers
January 07, 2016  |  International

Xfers, the Singapore-based startup that focuses on bank transfers, said on Wednesday (Jan. 6) that it garnered $2.5 million in a seed round. As TechCrunch...

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Quiet Revolution Ahead For Online Payments In 2016?
Quiet Revolution Ahead For Online Payments In 2016?
January 06, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

2016 has just begun, but changes are afoot, large and small, for online payments, according to Digital River’s Eric Christensen, EVP of the company’s product...

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Payments 2015 By The Letter: L Through R
Payments 2015 By The Letter: L Through R
December 08, 2015  |  Karen Webster

Narrowing an entire year of payments activity into a 26-item list may sound like quite the feat. And with one for every letter of the...

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China’s Dominant Online P2P Lender Eyes $1B Funding
China’s Dominant Online P2P Lender Eyes $1B Funding
December 03, 2015  |  International

The largest Chinese P2P lender, Lufax, is on track to grab $1 billion in funding, amid an industry that is growing quickly. The $1 billion...

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Could Cookies Be Europe’s Venmo?
Could Cookies Be Europe’s Venmo?
December 02, 2015  |  International

The movement to bring tap and pay — through P2P — may gain some new momentum in Europe through Cookies. As TechCrunch reported Monday (Nov....

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