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Jumio raises $25.5m

Jumio, a US start-up that has developed a system to turn Web cams and smartphone cameras into credit card readers, has raised $25.5 million.

0 12 January 2012 4 comments

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The funding - revealed after TechCrunch digged out an SEC filing - follows a series a round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in March which raised $6.5 million.

The company's Netswipe technology uses video streaming to let customers make online purchases at sites using it by capturing their credit card with a Web cam or smartphone camera and then keying in their CVV code.

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A Finextra member

12 January 2012

Wot? No 3D-secure?

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A Finextra member

13 January 2012

This seems like a real waste of investment money. What does it achieve other than save me keying in details? Easy to photo and print a card, write down the CVC

But I guess with a low price and marketing hyoe people will get fooled into a false sense of security.

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Amir Wain CEO at i2c

14 January 2012

It is far quicker and easier to enter the 16 digits rather than taking a picture. Keep in mind the card will need to be at a certain angle and fully in frame for it to work.

Why would someone invest $25.5 million to complicate a simple 16 digit card number and expiration date entry process? Certianly does not enhance security as the image is not going to be able to pickup the difference between a real plastic or an inkjet printed image of a card.

Please can someone help me understand the value add here.

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A Finextra member

14 January 2012

Personally I think this is part of an investment bubble. Very similar to Square, well known 'entrepreneurs' putting in seed capital followed by profit seeking lemmings.

Anything to do with 'revolutionising payments' seems to be a hot investment, but under the hood there is no substance.

Although this looks a funky idea it provides no benefit to the user what so ever, and absolutely no security.

It is also so easy for any bedroom programmer to replicate.

Dotcom revisited?

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