Venmo Skips the Middle Man and Hooks Up With Banks
Venmo isn't a big enough player in mobile payments to merit trash talk from incumbent money-mongers Visa and PayPal the way Google has, but the New York and Philly-based company is making moves. It...
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Craig Shapiro of Collaborative Fund and GOOD Talks BankSimple, Drudge Report,...
Fun fact: Mr. Shapiro turned 34 last week. Craig Shapiro, former president of GOOD magazine and current CEO of the socially-conscious Collaborative Fund, has a place to leave his shoes in New York now....
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BankSimple Announces Funding, Partners for Banking Backend: Can We Haz Our...
BankSimple announced a $10 million raise, partnerships with Visa, The Bancorp Bank and CBW Bank, as well as a Providence-based Andera, a B2B software company that will power its online account opening...
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Brooklyn Not Friendly and Passionate Enough for BankSimple, Start-Up Moves to...
An early collage of the BankSimple team, looking very Brooklyn. Or very Portland. BankSimple, the Brooklyn-based personal finance start-up that was supposed to have launched already, surprised us with...
View ArticleA First Look at What Some Portland Startup Is Doing
BankSimple, the startup formerly based in New York and doted on by Betabeat and the New York Observer, has posted a video preview of their website and personal finance management tools blah blah blah...
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You May Soon Be Able to Get a Credit Line Based on Your Klout Score
Mr. King. Betabeat has a new internet bank to dote on now that BankSimple has abandoned us for the City of Roses. Movenbank is a New York-based personal banking service that uses near field...
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BankSimple Loses the ‘Bank, Is Now Just Simple—And Wants to Take Over Where...
Beachy! After much anticipation (at least around the Betabeat offices!), BankSimple is finally accepting its first users. And it couldn't come at a more opportune time for the innovative financial...
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BankSimple Sending Out ‘A Few Dozen Invites at a Time’
(simple.com) Betabeat just received a note from the personal finance startup formerly known as BankSimple. The first signup was in February 2010, the company says, and it's first come, first serve....
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As Banks Start Nosing Around Facebook and Twitter, the Wrong Friends Might...
Can't pay? Well, what about your friends? Let’s take a trip with the Ghost of Christmas Future. The year is 2016, and George Bailey, a former banker, now a part-time consultant, is looking for a...
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Simple’s Up and Running, But It’s Got a Long Way to Go
Spiffy! (simple.com) Here's something that'll resonate if you've tried to communicate with your bank lately: “Banks make money by keeping customers confused.” That's how Josh Reich, cofounder of...
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