Michael Moeser

In partnering with Ingo Money, Safelite Solutions will be able to provide a service for their customers that's designed to make the processing of minor auto physical damage claims easier than manual processes.

Companies have tried for years to build a market for interactive cards, with little success. Dynamics is taking a different tack by approaching banks to issue the cards, rather than selling directly to consumers.

While using a cryptocurrency as a means of payment instead of an investment may not be unique, most are challenged in environments that require speed, security and the need to work around cash or payment cards. Dash attempts to differentiate from competitive cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, by addressing those concerns.

The acquisition is further evidence that Paytm is continuing to diversify from being just a payments app and into more of social media app with a payments capability.

While a significant amount of press has been made about providing faster access to payments for Uber and Lyft drivers, as well as workers in the gig economy, there is an underserved community of millions of Americans who work in low-wage jobs living paycheck to paycheck.

The cryptocurrencies join more than 60 different payment methods across 200 counties on Flow’s cross-border e-commerce platform, which includes Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Alipay, WeChat Pay, Union Pay and many more

Zillow claims 35 million renters visit its websites and mobile apps each month in search of a home or apartment. This network of landlords and renters has been built off the back of listing property values, real estate sales, taxes paid, photos and more for homes, condos and apartments.

CommuterClub provides loans so consumers can purchase annual season passes online, instead of monthly or weekly passes and spread the cost over monthly installments.

Sensing an opportunity in the small-business credit card market, Stripe is setting out to outflank big banks by offering application programming interfaces to enable its clients to issue their own physical and virtual credit cards.

Perhaps seeking to dispel rumors that Starbucks can’t innovate in payments without Howard Schultz, the company is joining a platform that could one day enable customers to trade bitcoins for caramel lattes and mocha frappuccinos.