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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

PYMNTS

So stands one of the main views offered in a new PYMNTS podcast interview between Karen Webster and Tom Cregan, CEO and managing director at Emerchants Limited ( EML Payments ) , an Australian-based payment services firm that has set upon a path of global expansion, with its focus on the U.S. That Would Be Our Business Model Going Forward’.

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Uber of X: greenRush is The Uber of Cannabis

PYMNTS

After it became illegal in the United States through the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the business of selling cannabis went mostly underground. One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. In the next few weeks, we’re expanding to Los Angeles.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: CapitalG, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Select Investors: BlackRock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital.

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