Braintree launches Venmo Touch to ‘be as important for next decade of commerce as PayPal was for last’

Payments company Braintree has publicly released Venmo Touch and made updates to its iOS software developer kit (SDK) to make mobile purchases as easy as Facebook Connect.

Akimbo launches its instant payment transfer service (exclusive)

Imagine this scenario: Your babysitter needs $40 so she can pay for a taxi home, but you spent all your cash at dinner.
A company called Akimbo has developed a solution to this type of problem.

The 20 biggest private exits of 2012 (for the top 20 VC firms of the year)

Private company research firm Privco has ranked the top 20 merger and acquisitions of the top 20 technology VC firms of 2012, including Ancestry.com's $1.6 billion sale to private equity firm Permira and other top tech acquisitions such as Yammer, Meebo, Instagram, and NextG networks.

Venmo, now processing $10M a month, comes out of beta, offers me the world’s smallest bribe

Venmo just sent me a penny. I sent it back of course. VentureBeat is an ethical publication before all else.

The New York based social payment service announced today that it was taking off the beta label after launching more …

Hey, Siri, send Jenn $5

Social payments startup Venmo is introducing Siri voice commands, a feature that will give its iPhone 4S user base the ability to send payments to friends with just their voice — and, of course, the help of the iPhone’s beloved …