We already have P2P lending, in which you can go online and directly lend money to your peers. But what about P2P payments? Fiserv, a company that offers online billing services to banks, is getting ready to launch just such a feature. Here is what Fiserv has to say about the service in a press release:
Using an e-mail address or mobile phone number, consumers will be able to send money to anyone they know, whether it is to repay a friend for concert tickets or dinner, contribute to a fundraiser, pay team dues, pay allowances or even pay the babysitter.  …read more

I received an email today that was a phishing scam using the popular online payment website, PayPal. My Outlook client caught it as Junk Mail, but I thought it would be a good opportunity to show people how a legitimate “looking” email can really lead you to places you don’t want to go.

As you can see from the image above which is a screen capture from my email Inbox, everything looks normal and appropriate and legitimate right? However, if you hover your mouse over the links you’ll see that the link is actually going to direct you to a bogus …read more

While perusing ScummVM’s website today like I do on occassion… just to see what’s to be seen, ya know… I read that they are no longer accepting PayPal donations.
Why, you might ask? Is it because they’re a bunch of kind hearted developers that don’t need any stinkin’ money to develop the greatness known as ScummVM? That they like being poor, perhaps? That they like struggling through life, like bums on a street, because it’s easier? (that made no sense… it’s early… bare with me.)
NO. BECAUSE PAYPAL IS THE DEVIL REINCARNATED.
According to emails between PayPal …read more