Braintree’s Payment Gateway Available for Magneto Users

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Payments solutions company, Braintree, recently launched a plugin that allows its payment gateway to be used by the 110,000 users of Magneto eCommerce Solutions.

Since customer credit card information is stored in the Braintree Vault, Magneto users benefit from a reduced PCI compliance burden and helps merchants drive sales. Bill Ready, Braintree CEO states:

“By keeping all credit card data secure in our Vault, we make PCI compliance much simpler and easier for merchants to achieve. The Braintree Vault also allows merchants to implement a card-on-file feature which helps merchants increase their conversion rate at checkout.”

Braintree processes over $4 billion in credit card transactions annually.

To learn more about Braintree watch its FinovateSpring 2011 demo.

Prosper Adds 13 New Loan Categories for Borrowers

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Recently, Prosper added 13 new loan categories:

    • Baby & Adoption Loans
    • Boat
    • Cosmetic Procedures
    • Engagement Ring Financing*
    • Green Loans*
    • Household Expenses*
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    • Medical/Dental*
    • Motorcycle
    • RV
    • Taxes
    • Vacation*
    • Wedding Loans*

Nickel Steamroller blog reports some of these categories overlap with existing Lending Club categories. These commonalities are marked with an asterisk.

To learn more about Prosper, watch its FinovateStartup 2009 demo.

Finovate Alumni News– April 2, 2012

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFiserv wins Celent’s XCelent Award for enterprise-wide compliance solutions.
  • USA Today Money columnist recommends TradeKing & Zecco as platforms for investing in stock.
  • Productive Web Apps features CoverHound.
  • The Seattle Times discusses the benefits of BillGuard.
  • Braintree’s payment gateway available for Magneto users.
  • Prosper adds 13 new loan categories for borrowers.
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