CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Simple, an early contender founded in 2009, floundered following its 2011 launch before ultimately being bought by Spanish banking giant BBVA in 2014. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry.

Finance 77

Finance Online and Mobile Banking Advisors Micro-Entry 77

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011. Source: Square.

Payment APIs and Integration 98

Payment APIs and Integration Online and Mobile Banking Payments Push-to-Card 98

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

When Tencent made the move to mobile and launched WeChat in 2011, it had to persuade QQ users to download and use the WeChat app. There are stories of micro merchants using it as a channel to sell, but it’s not clear how widespread those use cases are and the extent to which they have traction and scale. Just like WeChat did.

Bots 62

Bots Online and Mobile Banking Regulations PayPal 62

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That same year, the company acquired TextPayMe , a peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile service that was relaunched as Amazon Webpay in 2011. Amazon Lending initially launched in 2011 to help small businesses finance and sell more goods on Amazon. The bulk of growth in 2017 was to businesses in the US, where the company originated $1B in loans.

Online and Mobile Banking 101

Online and Mobile Banking Push-to-Card Payment APIs and Integration Non-Bank 101