Yes, a product that "just worked" for the largest emerging P2P market plus making money while doing so is the important part. Not accepting advance payments for shady cruise ship rentals or any of the other fringe stuff that leaks onto HN constantly didn't hurt. An important lesson for the startup crowd here.
They definitely do some dumb stuff but they also process five billion transactions per year and people need to take that into consideration. The scale of the fraud and the scope of worldwide regulations they deal with is way beyond anything you can imagine.
They definitely do some dumb stuff but they also process five billion transactions per year and people need to take that into consideration. The scale of the fraud and the scope of worldwide regulations they deal with is way beyond anything you can imagine.