Re:The Hackathon Experience Is a Hack
by ssafejava on Monday August 26, 2013 @01:32AM
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They not only share their name with the existing startup, they are that startup:
The winning app makes it easy for consumers to find places to withdraw
small amounts of cash at a low cost, using businesses in their own
neighborhood and a PayPal technology that is very secure, said Alexander
Sjögren, who developed the app with Jose Pimienta and Osniel Gonzalez.
Sjögren is with the Miami company YellowPepper, which offers mobile
banking and payment solutions in Latin America. Pimienta and Gonzalez
co-founded Vinylfy, a startup catering to vinyl-record enthusiasts. [1]
YellowPepper is:
About YellowPepper
YellowPepper Mobile Financial Solutions provides products and services
that enable mobile financial transactions between financial institutions
(banks), businesses, and consumers in Latin America. With 1.5 million
users, YellowPepper operates in Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Guatemala,
Peru, and Panama as a service provider for more than 50 financial and
non-financial institutions. For more information, log on to
www.yellowpepper.com. [2]
2. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yellowpepper-and-fun...