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21 March
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Visa to Soon Offer p2p Payment Service

US Visa customers can use Visa's upcoming p2p services to send or receive funds to any eligible Visa accounts at any location around the word. Currently, customers use Visa personal payments to se…

21 March
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Popmoney EFT Transactions With P2P

Most person-to-person (P2P) payment systems today, such as PayPal, are automated clearing-houses that can take up to two days to settle. But a new service called Popmoney by CashEdge Inc will be chall…

27 August
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Money Monday: Groove Mobile

GROOVE MOBILE MOVES $6 MILLION

Boston-area based Groove Mobile landed $6 million in a new round of funding from ORIX Venture Finance, for a total of $32 million raised. Previous investors included Eg…

20 August
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Money Monday: Metacafe

METACAFE BREWS $30 MILLION

Video site Metacafe raised $30 million in a third round of funding. The company has brought in a total $50 million in capital. Metacafe is a top ten video destination with …

30 July
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Money Monday: RoyaltyShare and Helio

ROYALTYSHARE ADDS MUSICALC

san diego-based digital media tracker RoyaltyShare acquired UK-based Musicalc. Musicalc provides royalty accounting services and software and enables RoyaltyShare to expand…

09 July
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Money Monday: Nielsen Rates Telephia

THE NIELSEN COMPANY BOUGHT TELEPHIA MEDIA RESEARCH

Nielsen bought Telephia, a media research company focused on the mobile industry for an undisclosed amount. Telephia serves both mobile data and voi…

02 July
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Money Monday: Universal Takes Sanctuary

UNIVERSAL MUSIC PURCHASES Sanctuary FOR $88 MILLION

Sanctuary, a large independent British music company, agreed to be purchased by Universal Music Group for 44.5 million pounds, or $88.3 million US….

25 June
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Money Monday: Oversi and sonos

OVERSI CACHES $8 MILLION FOR P2P CONTENT

Israel-based Oversi added $8 million in a second round of funding from Carmel Ventures, StageOne Ventures, TempoPark Fund, and Cisco. Oversi was founded in 20…

20 June
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RIAA Political Peddling

The web site Consumerist ran a poll for worst company in the United States. The winner was RIAA (never mind that it's not an actual company).

Consumerist published the top 50 congresspeople who …

18 June
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Money Monday: FreeHand Systems and Seatwave

FREEHAND SYSTEMS GRABS $2 MILLION FOR digital sheet music

Freehand Systems closed grabs $2 million in a third round of capital from Vision Capital Advisors. Freehand manufactures MusicPad Pro Plus, a…