PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

PricewaterhouseCoopers — after 83 consecutive years of tabulating the Academy Awards without incident — managed to accidentally put the wrong card in Warren Beatty/Faye Dunaway’s hands for the Best Picture award and … well the rest is YouTube history. PwC is now called Probably Wrong Card!”. On the one hand, it’s harsh.

Innovation 175

Innovation Payments social media America 175

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Credit cards offer rewards but over 60% of payments are made on debit cards. Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Verifies the card and pushes that information onto the merchant. The software/platform pieces is the ability to use virtual card numbers. Plus the 1% rewards.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic gift card platform. Blockchain derivatives. Payments via social media. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle. Digital currency provider. Total raised: $76 million.

Las Vegas 12

Las Vegas Company North Carolina Fintech 12

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Total Funding: $246M. Total Funding: $569M.

San Francisco 77

San Francisco Company US California 77