Unlike the older people's sector, there is little or no private payment enabling providers to cross-subsidise people funded by the state.
They could no longer pay the rent, she said, after the landlord raised it beyond what her welfare payments enabled her to afford.
In addition, Visa last week announced the commercial availability of mobile contactless payments enabled by DeviceFidelity's In2Pay microSD solution (more about that here).
One such proven intervention comes from Lebanon, where a 2014 IRC study of cash transfers to 87,700 refugees showed that the payments enabled households to meet the needs they prioritized most, reduced negative coping strategies such as child labor, improved access to schooling for children, and did not have undesirable effects on local market prices.
The payments enable insurers to dramatically reduce deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for policy purchasers who earn less than two and a half times the poverty line.
There are some key differences however, beginning with the fact that HeyZap focuses on single player games and only a fraction of its 12,000+ games are payment-enabled.
TeachStreet payments enables credit card payments for a portion of teachers/classes, letting teachers who are unfamiliar with e-commerce be able to elicit sales leads from the web.
Once approved, user-run gaming websites can be enhanced with Nonoba's SDKs and APIs, among which is a transactional micro-payment enabling one that lets users handle online payment for games and premium content (with Nonoba taking a cut).
Social micro-payments enabler Tipjoy is releasing an API today that allows charities but also companies and individuals to handle relatively small payments from within their applications and spread the word through Twitter.
The new capital will be used by Booksy to invest in further functionality, such as "allowing in-app payments, enabling larger merchants to handle personnel through the software, and the development of better reporting systems".
Payment enabler Stripe has kicked off its expansion into Asia after its service went live in Singapore today.
