PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off. The horror.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store – branded plastic cards – to this mobile payments scheme. Walmart’s Mike Cook was perceived to be the guiding force behind the initiative – long a vocal critic of card networks and interchange.

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Mobile Apple Columbus Payments 105

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Utilizing unique feedback from the marketplace and our Columbus pilot, MCX has made a decision to concentrate more heavily in the immediate term on other aspects of our business, including working with financial institutions, like our partnership with Chase, to enable and scale mobile payment solutions.

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Software Mobile Cards Apple 109

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Select Investors: DST Global, DN Capital, SoftBank Group. Select Investors: Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic. Select Investors: Rhone Capital. Select Investors: Index Ventures, DST Global, Ribbit Capital. TowerBrook Capital Partners. OttoBock Healthcare. Valuation: $3.5B.

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Groups Capital Operations Fintech 76

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

By 2019, eMarketer is forecasting $210 billion in spend and estimating that mobile payments will surpass payment cards. Only time will tell if that happens, BUT even if it’s close, financial institutions need to make sure their cards are loaded to the mobile wallet. The Chase/MCX announcement was the talk of the first two days.

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blockchain Bitcoin Lending Innovation 60

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Tencent Holdings, Disney Accelerator, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Vulcan Capital, ICONIQ Capital. Select Investors: Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wellcome Trust, GIC, SoftBank Group, DST Global. Valuation: $12B.

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