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SPARE - mobile commerce mobile payments p2p money transfer moneymaking

SPARE

Mobile ATM Platform
SPARE is Your Private Business-To-Consumer Mobile ATM System. SPARE is a revolutionary mobile solution for obtaining Cash, essentially obviating the need for third-party atm's. The SPARE mobile platform simplifies safe access to your money by employing a mobile ...

Finna - mobile product search mobile payments local search

Finna

Item Discovery/Sharing App
Finna will be a local search item discovery/sharing app. Our mission is to help people find all the things that they love. Finna is Old Norse meaning to find, to locate, to discover. App will be free, people create an account and start sharing or finding ...

Barstar - mobile commerce mobile payments nightlife

Barstar

Uber For Bars
Barstar lets you be the star of your night! Order and pay for drinks at busy bars from your phone. Find the bar you are at, browse the menu on your phone, place your order. When your order is ready, a bartender will send you a notification to pick up your drink ...

Uberpass - payments mobile payments Proximity Services Online marketplaces

Uberpass

Uber of Passbook

PayDivvy - financial services payments social commerce mobile payments

PayDivvy

Next-generation bill pay and group payments (acquired '13)
PayDivvy is a next-generation banking & social payment solution that offers a highly engaging & cutting edge user experience for consumers, while also providing unique customer insight for our bank partners. A b2b solution provides financial tools for bank customers ...

The Chévere Group - financial services mobile commerce mobile payments finance technology

The Chévere Group

e-commerce for the underbanked
In a seamless and secure fashion, our platform plugs in the cash world to the e-world, thereby opening doors into e-commerce for 60 million unbanked and underbanked adults in the US alone.

Pocket Dove - social games mobile commerce mobile payments mobile games

Pocket Dove

A Game of Casual Philanthropy
Pocket Dove borrows cutting-edge mobile game features to make the donation process fun, seamless and easy to manage. It is also a valuable newsfeed of world issues. Every day, up to 10 new causes are featured on the Pocket Dove world map. The player can glance ...

tapviva - payments food and beverages mobile payments point of sale

tapviva

Next-generation restaurant technology with mobile ordering (AngelPad S11)
tapviva enables all types of restaurants, cafes and food trucks to streamline their ordering process and facilitate mobile ordering (a la Chipotle). We are an end-to-end solution, allowing orders from multiple ordering avenues to appear as virtual tickets on iPads ...

Boomerang Financial, inc. - financial services education parenting mobile payments

Boomerang Financial, inc.

Social Payments for Friends and Family
Boomerang is a simple solution for payments between friends and family no matter where you bank. Boomerang is a P2P payment platform that automates allowance and allows payments for goods or services. In solving how technology has made banking segmented and complex ...

PayYourRent - real estate payments mobile payments property management

PayYourRent

Online Rent Payments
PayYourRent allows property managers to collect rent payments, maintenance requests, rental applications, and more in one convenient, white-labeled solution.

Baskt - mobile commerce marketplaces retail technology mobile payments

Baskt

Awesome Local Finds At Your Fingertips.
Baskt is a mobile storefront app for mission-driven local communities. Discover, purchase and pick-up awesome local finds with this new frictionless mobile storefront application. We drive in-store sales and engagement using a mobile storefront for mission-driven ...

Uni Niche - mobile payments private social networking rental housing university students

Uni Niche

Communication and payment for roommates
Uni Niche is a private timeline for you and your roommates to stay in touch, split expenses and pay bills. It includes everything from “Jonathan spent $60 on groceries, you owe him $20” to “Chase is going to the beach” to scheduled, recurring events like “Tomorrow ...

World Treasury Bank MAiN - financial services e-commerce mobile commerce mobile payments

World Treasury Bank MAiN

The Category-Killer DIGITAL CURRENCY
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: There is no Universal, Private-sector, Digital-Currency for international sales and purchases – and instantly available to every person on earth. ULTIMATE CASH-FLOW: World Treasury Bank does not depend on any source for money. World Treasury ...

Parkt - mobile mobile payments cloud data services parking

Parkt

Changing parking from an expense to an opportunity.
Parkt is a mobile parking & advertising platform serving parking operators, merchants of all sizes and consumers. Our mission is to connect and create tremendous value for these 3 distinct markets. For parking operators and the merchants we serve, Parkt connects ...

Domuso - SaaS marketplaces mobile payments rental housing

Domuso

SaaS Payments and Leasing for Multifamily Apartments
Domuso is a SaaS payments and leasing platform designed for small multifamily portfolios. Representing $200B in annual rent payments, small portfolios are underserved and overcharged by existing software vendors. Our end-to-end solution offers tools for every ...

iftGift - e-commerce mobile payments virtual currency gift card

iftGift

Suggest Gifts, Send Cash
A patented gifting platform that allows you to send cash along with 6 gift suggestions. The recipient can transfer the cash to their bank account, or use the money to buy something on iftGift from a variety of vendors. iftGift capitalizes on the advent of P2P ...

ChangeStacker - mobile payments point of sale

ChangeStacker

makes cents.
ChangeStacker Changes the Way you Handle your Change Coins lost as the outcome of cash transactions in the everyday world amount to billions. ChangeStacker recaptures potentially lost coins by way of an Application Software (APP)-based platform (CS APP) ...

Psale - consumer goods mobile commerce peer-to-peer mobile payments

Psale

Sell. Buy. Never meet up.
Psale is revolutionizing how you sell and buy stuff by making the process seamless as sharing a photo, and a single touch pay and checkout, making it simple for anyone to transact from anywhere with the smartphone they carry with them everywhere. Psale approach ...

ICE Technologies - digital media mobile commerce mobile advertising mobile payments

ICE Technologies

Incentivized Consumer Engagement using IoT sensors
A consumer based CMS platform where users to create profiles, track purchase behavior and opt-in to receive advertisements in exchange for incentives (rebates, coupons and monetary/crypto currencies) within real time. We create a personalized shopping experience ...

ReddPay - payments mobile payments Payment systems

ReddPay

Accept Digital Currency
Payments with digital currency is time consuming and complicated. It's not a familiar process that everyone is used to and does every day. With ReddPay, you can make a payment with a simple swipe of a payment card. Retailers do not need to buy new hardware. Why ...

RushOrder - mobile food and beverages restaurants mobile payments

RushOrder

Mobile Food Ordering & Payment
RushOrder is a mobile app and logistics platform that allows users to order delivery, take-out, and dine-in at a curated list of local restaurants.

Roadiy - mobile automotive mobile payments

Roadiy

Roadside Assistance Service through Mobile Request (AAA + Uber)
On demand, pay per use mobile roadside assistance, technology that enables easy access for customers and easy resource management for service providers. It allows customers to request for roadside assistance any time at any location by using our app on their smart ...

Textitgetit - mobile payments

Textitgetit

Pay-By-Text for infomercials, et al.
Textitgetit.com is an effective and inexpensive payment solution. We've built an sms/text payment solution specifically for the DRTV marketplace. Why not save, save, save on fulfillment by augmenting your call center needs with our new pay-by-text service. Here ...

PayDragon - restaurants small and medium businesses mobile payments credit cards

PayDragon

1-Click Shopping for the Real World
PayDragon makes mobile shopping frictionless. Our streamlined interface allows consumers to buy items with a single click, avoiding the hassle of having to wait in line. It's Amazon's 1-click shopping, but mobile-optimized and for the real world.

Vendee - hospitality deals mobile payments Payment systems

Vendee

Dynamic Mobile Marketplace
Vendee is a unique mobile-centric marketplace, servicing the hospitality industry, enabling both consumers and vendors to broadcast deals, facilitate orders, and manage business functions. Our multi-platform suite of products includes mobile, terminal, and web ...

CausePlay - analytics mobile advertising retail technology mobile payments

CausePlay

A mobile solutions company for retailers
CausePlay builds mobile platforms for large distribution channels and publishers to deliver content, promotions and advertising. We focus on grocery, CPG and non-traditional publishing channels.

HAIL - location based services restaurants bridging online and offline mobile payments

HAIL

Dining made easy.
HAIL Joins Reserve! It’s always been HAIL's mission to enhance the dining experience by removing the aspects that clutter and distract from what's important - the food, the company and the service. In pursuing that mission, we heard about a new digital concierge ...

Kwixly - mobile mobile payments crowdfunding charity

Kwixly

Giving Is Easy
Kwixly is a mobile and web based donations and payments platform A Kwixly Patron makes donations A Kwixly Organization solicits donations A Kwix Code is a unique, branded, QR code, that identifies an Organization's fundraising campaign Patrons pre-pay into a ...

TikiPal - mobile payments

TikiPal

Donations By Phone
PROBLEM: Micropayments don't work. WHY? Donor point of view: * The hassle of entering credit card information, remembering PayPal passwords is too much to justify the transaction. Merchant point of view: * Credit card and PayPal fees get inversely higher ...

34 Bytes - mobile payments point of sale bitcoin

34 Bytes

Bitcoin Point of Sale Hardware
Bitcoin point of sale hardware. Currently the primary ways for a merchant to accept bitcoin is to use a smart phone, tablet device, or full computer to connect them with their internet-based web-wallets service like Coinbase, or Bitpay. While useful, these options ...

ClubLocal - SaaS lead generation local mobile payments

ClubLocal

Instantly book home repairs online
Between our consumer-facing web-app for booking and the iPad app for our technicians to provide & bill estimates/invoices, we increase the overall experience of local services. View a demo of our technology at: http://youtu.be/W1UMnc9YfNo

payvia - mobile transaction processing mobile commerce mobile payments

payvia

Mobile Payments Provider
payvia is a mobile and online payments company that enables consumers to use their mobile phone to purchase digital and virtual goods online or from their mobile device and add purchases directly to their carrier bill. payvia works with merchants and developers ...

Omne - financial services mobile commerce mobile advertising mobile payments

Omne

Technologies that simplify and secure the way you pay
SEE THE BANQ CARD IN ACTION: http://myomne.wistia.com/projects/68x8vu7qux Omne technologies created an all-in-one payment Card, the Banq Card, that simplifies and secures your wallet. The Card’s proprietary magnetic stripe & EMV emulator can transform into the ...

CurbStand - mobile payments transportation travel parking

CurbStand

Cashless Valet
CurbStand, a Los Angeles-based technology startup, is introducing a modern payment platform for the valet and parking industries. By providing a secure mobile payment transfer between customers and vendors, CurbStand allows previously cash-only valets to accept ...

MobaComm - B2B payments mobile payments p2p money transfer

MobaComm

Commerce Network Platform
The MobaComm Platform was a finalist for the Electronic Transaction Associations and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Payments Innovation Award of 2014. The product helps create networks where businesses, customers and merchants can accept and make payments between ...

NAIL SHOP - mobile social media beauty mobile payments

NAIL SHOP

A Nomadic Concept
NAIL SHOP brings together technology, beauty, hospitality, and convenience into a singular bubble that floats about the city, making the bustle of nail care easier for the woman (or man) on the go. Wouldn't life be easier if a business met you halfway, and was ...

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