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BI: We hear you're making credit card companies angry. How are you doing that?
Ben Milne: Ultimately we're trying to build the next Visa, not the next PayPal.
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it's on track to move more than $350 million in the next year.
Unlike PayPal, Dwolla doesn't take a percentage of the transaction. It only asks for $0.25 whether it's moving $1 or $1,000.
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Originally posted by ludshed
reply to post by caladonea
You think? The rockafellers have been openly saying that for decades.
On a side note, the same should be done with insurance. If one person started a company that would give back even 50% of your premiums after each year if you didn't use it they would either bankrupt or change the entire industry. Let alone if they gave 90-100% back and they would still be making money.
Originally posted by Char-Lee
reply to post by imd12c4funn
The problem is I would bet if they become popular and everyone jumps on, they will raise and raise that fee until they are just like the rest.
We have no choice but to take credit cards because tourists do not carry a bunch of cash :-(
Originally posted by antar
I love my discover cc. I save so much money by using it and have always found the help very pleasant to deal with. I just bought 134 dollars worth of rewards bucks last night for Christmas xbo360 games for the kids.
Edit to say they would have to have some pretty good incentives to get people to switch. I have 0% interest and get extra at checkouts for using the card.
edit on 13-11-2011 by antar because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jonnywhite
reply to post by Ex_MislTech
For-profit encourages innovation. If you make something like this non-profit then you're cutting off your arm to give your left leg some extra jump. I'd be a lot more cautious with my thinking.
Originally posted by antar
I love my discover cc. I save so much money by using it and have always found the help very pleasant to deal with. I just bought 134 dollars worth of rewards bucks last night for Christmas xbo360 games for the kids.
Edit to say they would have to have some pretty good incentives to get people to switch. I have 0% interest and get extra at checkouts for using the card.
edit on 13-11-2011 by antar because: (no reason given)