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Micropayments

Glenbrook’s Model for Social Payments (A Work in Progress)

by Russ Jones on April 4, 2010

in Conferences & Meetings, ECommerce, Erin McCune, Facebook, Micropayments, NACHA, P2P, PayPal, Russ Jones, Social Media, Social Payments, Technology, Web 2.0 in Financial Services, Web/Tech

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about social payments, and have reached two conclusions. The first is that a payment facilitated by a social network is not a social payment—it’s just a normal customer-not-present payment. The second is that social payments are, by definition, social in nature and involve multiple parties. Hear me out on [...]

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Purchasing Facebook Credits with Zong Mobile Payments

by Erin McCune on August 25, 2009

in Erin McCune, Facebook, Micropayments, Mobile Banking & Payments, Social Media, Zong

At Glenbrook we believe that social eCommerce and virtual currencies are the new frontier of payments. Person-to-person transfers, charity donations, and micropayments for virtual goods (e.g. games, music, e-books, etc.) are exploding within social networks and as the 800-pound-gorilla in the social networking space, all eyes are on Facebook. Estimates vary, but $300-500 million in [...]

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Digital Content & Mobile Phones – a Look at Zong

by Carol Coye Benson on July 15, 2009

in Carol Coye Benson, Ecommerce Payments, Micropayments, Mobile Banking & Payments, Zong

Editors Note: Glenbrook, along with the rest of the payments industry, has been watching developments in mobile payments closely.  A few weeks ago, our partner Carol Coye Benson profiled Boku and CashEdge products.  Today, she takes a look at Canada’s Zoompass, Zong (below), Billing Revolution, and Blaze Mobile. [UPDATE Aug 6th: Be sure to check [...]

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Beaucoup Bucks?

by Carol Coye Benson on June 17, 2009

in Carol Coye Benson, ECommerce, Micropayments, Web/Tech

Editors Note: Glenbrook, along with the rest of the payments industry, has been watching developments in mobile payments closely.  Our partner Carol Coye Benson profiles Boku today. She has also taken a look at the CashEdge’s POPmoney, Canada’s Zoompass, Zong, Billing Revolution, and Blaze Mobile. [UPDATE Aug 6th: Be sure to check out Carol’s latest [...]

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