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Dwolla improves on guest checkout feature, launches Dwolla Direct
On Wednesday Dwolla announced the latest update to its services: Dwolla Direct, which will allow users to send money over Dwolla’s network without fully registering for an account.
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Dwolla announces e-invoicing partnership with GoDaddy
Dwolla announced today on its blog that the Des Moines-based payments startup has partnered with GoDaddy to create a new e-invoicing system for the hosting company’s business customers…
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Dwolla Credit launches beta with financial partner Alliance Data
Earlier this month Dwolla announced the launch of a private beta for its real-time payment system. Today the Des Moines startup opened its new platform, Dwolla Credit, to public beta with Alliance Data Retail Services and subsidiary Comenity Capital Bank as its financial partner. “Essentially, if you think about what we’ve done integrating the way…
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Dwolla staff builds variety of apps at company’s first internal hackathon
Companies such as Facebook to LinkedIn have hosted internal company-wide hackathons to help spur creativity and break employees out of their daily routines. Now Des Moines-based startup Dwolla is joining the list with its first internal hackathon, held last Thursday and Friday. “Some of these (hacks) are things we really want to do and it’s…
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Dwolla’s Jordan Lampe shares thoughts on getting press
Earlier this week, we shared the story behind the New York Times’ Silicon Prairie story. In research for that post, I spoke with Jordan Lampe, director of communications at Dwolla, the Des Moines-based startup prominently featured in the story. In addition to learning about Lampe’s role in The Times story, I took the opportunity to…
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Iowans advocate for change at inaugural Internet Uncaucus (Video)
A group of citizens braved chilly October weather on Saturday to meet on the Locust Street bridge in downtown Des Moines for the Iowa Internet Uncaucus, a part of the nine-city Internet 2012 Bus Tour created by reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and general manager Erik Martin. Participants viewed 13 soapbox presentations by members of the…
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Dwolla launches reddit Donate to drive charitable donations
Dwolla today announced a new initiative to drive donations to charitable causes from users of social news site reddit. reddit Donate allows the moderators of reddit’s category …
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Post-Ecommerce Hack Day, a look at how Dwolla’s building in NYC
Online payments startup Dwolla deemed the Ecommerce Hack Day it hosted with Etsy Aug. 4-5 in New York “a run-away success.” And by most measures — the first-time hack weekend drew 223 participants, produced 37 hacks and featured some $20,000 in cash and prizes — the weekend was precisely as advertised. But one important —…
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Lampe to present Dwolla’s marketing strategy at AMA luncheon Wednesday
From landing a story on TechCrunch to recognition by Fast Company, Dwolla press mentions have been a constant since the company launched nationally in 2010. Behind the scenes orchestrating Dwolla’s media and marketing strategy has been Jordan Lampe, the company’s chief communications builder. On Wednesday, Lampe (left) will be the featured speaker at the …
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SXSnippets: Dwolla’s Lampe learns the allure of ‘lasers, wine and geeks’
1:15 a.m. – Walk in late, drenched with rain, to Gary Vaynerchuck’s Secret Wine Party from Matthew Rosenberg’s Fast Society/Cameo house party. Lasers, wine and geeks make for an amazingly awesome combination. | 9:30 a.m. – Christina Aguilera apparently looks …