Is the Internet Finally Robbing the Greedy Financier’s Gravy Train?

 

 

 

 

音楽産業とマスメディアの次にインターネットが破壊するのは金融業界だ–ついに
TechCrunch Japanese Sarah Lacy

Wonga
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Website: https://www.wonga.com
Location: London, United Kingdom
Founded: October 1, 2007
Funding: $28.3M

Wonga provides small, short-term cash advances to UK consumers online. The company uses sophisticated risk and decisioning technology to make automated yet responsible lending decisions.

Applicants can first determine the exact size and length of… Learn More
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kaChing
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Website: kaChing.com
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Funding: $10.5M

kaChing is an investing talent marketplace where you can find outstanding investment managers to emulate by automatically mirroring their trades in your private kaChing brokerage account.

kaChing screens investment managers using its Investing IQ… Learn More
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Square
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Website: squareup.com
Location: San Francisco , California, United States
Founded: February, 2009
Funding: $10M

Square first launched publicly in December 2009. It allows users to accept and pay via physical credit cards on a mobile device.

In February 2009, Jim McKelvey wasn’t able to sell a piece of his glass art because he couldn’t accept a credit… Learn More
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Bling Nation
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Website: blingnation.com
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Founded: 2007
Funding: $28M

Bling Nation offers a payment service, designed specifically for local and community financial institutions, that facilitates fast, efficient and secure payment transactions. Learn More
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Blippy
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Website: blippy.com
Founded: December 11, 2009
Funding: $1.6M

Blippy is a service that allows you to automatically share your credit card transactions as you make them. This includes the place you made the purchase, the amount, and in some cases, the item. This is all placed in a social stream where other… Learn More
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