Dwolla to unveil something big on december 15...

[dunand]

Big announcement for Dwolla on Thursday. What will it be? Anything that can impact Bitcoin (positively or negatively)? For myself I don't have a clue.

http://blog.dwolla.com/on-december-15th-dwolla-will-change-as-we-know-it/

[finway]

May be this ?

Dwolla Will Unveil Paradigm Shift in Business on December 15th

Kit Dotson
2011-12-12


http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/12/12/dwolla-will-unveil-paradigm-shift-in-business-on-december-15th/

For some time now, Dwolla has been hinting at an instant-transaction mechanics within their finance network. In March 2011, many thought that the service would be brining that with instant ACH bank-to-bank transfers with FiSync.

If the payment network company does come out with instant-transfer finance mechanisms it will bring about a revolution of rapid-liquidity for Bitcoin transactions.

[cbeast]

May be this ?

Dwolla Will Unveil Paradigm Shift in Business on December 15th

Kit Dotson
2011-12-12


http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/12/12/dwolla-will-unveil-paradigm-shift-in-business-on-december-15th/

For some time now, Dwolla has been hinting at an instant-transaction mechanics within their finance network. In March 2011, many thought that the service would be brining that with instant ACH bank-to-bank transfers with FiSync.

If the payment network company does come out with instant-transfer finance mechanisms it will bring about a revolution of rapid-liquidity for Bitcoin transactions.

This blog is dated a month later than the OP. So yeah, that's it.

[damnek]

It's interesting that Paypal suddenly seems to be collaborating with Bitinstant. Could it have anything to do with Dwolla's announcement?

[jimbobway]

bitsyncom also has an annoucent on the 15th about hardware.  two announcements on the same day.

[Serge]

i would be very surprised if it's anything Bitcoin related.

[gnar1ta$]

http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2011/12/it-s-dwolla-s-day-on-thursday-what-s-next-for-the-hot-startup

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/like_dwolla_scvngr_is_building_local_mobile_paymen.php

If Dwolla and SCVNGR have come up with a mobile near instant ACH network, using scanned QR codes and smartphones for payments at merchants, will it be good or bad for Bitcoin?

[BadBear]

Nothing wrong with competition, competition fuels innovation. 

[Pistachio]

Is anyone else worried about Dwolla's future with the vote on SOPA later today? I would assume they might be one of the financial websites targeted by such a bill.

[gnar1ta$]

Is anyone else worried about Dwolla's future with the vote on SOPA later today? I would assume they might be one of the financial websites targeted by such a bill.

Are you concerned DC will shut down Dwolla or just prevent them from working with the exchanges?  I have a different scenario. Dwolla, seeing Bitcoin as a competitor, lobbies DC to use SOPA to prevent any financial institution in the US from working with Bitcoin exchanges.  Why provide a better product when it's cheaper and easier to have the government outlaw your competition.  I would hope it happens the other way, Dwolla views the exchanges as partners that provide paying customers.  I wonder how many of their users are bitcoin users.

[Littleshop]

While Dwolla's instant ACH can be nice for some (and might hurt others), it is not a big deal.  This is not a new innovation nor is it even an unexpected or cool feature.  Simply put, it is not big. 

[Pistachio]

I like the idea of instant transfers but I don't do enough to justify $3 a month. What about adding a per-transfer option for say $0.50? I would probably pay that.

[cbeast]

I'm not charged fees to pay with a credit card. The merchant pays fees to accept them. Why not have the merchant pay the $3 fee?

[FreeMoney]

I'm not charged fees to pay with a credit card. The merchant pays fees to accept them. Why not have the merchant pay the $3 fee?

The $3 is once a month.

[Littleshop]

I'm not charged fees to pay with a credit card. The merchant pays fees to accept them. Why not have the merchant pay the $3 fee?

The $3 is once a month.

Once a month is a lot more often then never.  The point is, just use a credit card if you do not have the money and pay it off at the end of the month.  That would be just as useful as what Dwolla is offering. 

I agree, the fee is not too high, but I still have no idea why I would need to use that service. 

[Jered Kenna (TradeHill)]

I'm not charged fees to pay with a credit card. The merchant pays fees to accept them. Why not have the merchant pay the $3 fee?

The $3 is once a month.

Once a month is a lot more often then never.  The point is, just use a credit card if you do not have the money and pay it off at the end of the month.  That would be just as useful as what Dwolla is offering. 

I agree, the fee is not too high, but I still have no idea why I would need to use that service. 

I'm guessing it's easier to get. Also you can use it with Dwolla so a lot of Bitcoiners will jump on it probably.
I do like that it's simple but simple (vague / non existent) Dwolla policies haven't been kind in the past

Jered

[StewartJ]

Rumor has it that Dwolla will be the exclusive digital currency administrator for Facebook using the bitcoin model.

Yawn...