On reviewing several local schemes to replace this soon-to-be scrapped national system, it found that many were opting for food stamp-style payments, which can only be used to buy food.
And yes, Williams said subscriptions and "a consumer-supported model" (which might also include things like micropayments, tipping and Patreon-style payments) will remain Medium's "core" business.
Rocket Internet — the soon-to-go-public "startup factory" that has been closely linked with Groupon in Europe — has also been making a lot of inroads into the country, including launching its Square-style payments platform, Payleven, in the country.
Uber has introduced a wallet-style payment system in India in response to recent regulations that require all online transactions to pass through domestic payment systems.
Finally, you exit the store through EZ-Pass-style payment lanes that use BLE payments to debit your card, so no more waiting on line.
Earlier this year, the startup expanded its service, bringing a B2B-style payment and loyalty platform to hospitals to allow them to distribute digital bills, among other things.
SimpleePAY, its new B2B-style payment and loyalty platform for hospitals and care providers, which launched earlier this year, has been key to extending its functionality on the provider side.
This would provide the working capital needed for this new style of payment by results.
The investigation, begun last year by the House Subcommittee for National Security, found that money given to these Afghan warlords often amounts to little more than mafia-style protection payments, with some NATO convoys that refused to pay the warlords coming under attack.
Powa first emerged in the public eye in June 2012, looking like another Square-style mobile payments clone (complete, even, with some contentious use of photographs with hands that looked suspiciously like those used in Square's promotional photos).
