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Rixty

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Rixty is an alternative payment system that lets domestic and international users spend cash and coins for online games, virtual worlds and all types of digital content. Consumers can pay without a credit card and without exposing confidential information by converting cash to Rixty value at 140,000 stores in the US and Brazil or nearly 500,000 locations worldwide. Online game and website publishers use Rixty to engage with and monetize a larger percentage of users. By providing cash-based consumers a safe and flexible way to pay online, Rixty helps these publishers increase sales, enable new business models and attract new customers.

Recent Milestones

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  Rixty added Ted Tagami as Head of Publisher Relations. (3/1/11)
  Posted 12/29/11 at 4:39pm
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  Rixty — Rixty Announces Nation’s First Certified Kid-Friendly Online Cash Payment System (2/16/10)
  Posted 2/16/10 at 4:43am via freshnews.com
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  Rixty added Noah Doyle as Board of Directors. (1/21/10)
  Posted 1/21/10 at 3:35am
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  Rixty received $1.24M in Seed funding. (1/21/10)
  Posted 1/21/10 at 10:13am via techcrunch.com
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  Rixty added Todd Smith as VP of Marketing. (1/1/10)
  Posted 5/8/13 at 8:58pm
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  Rixty added Jason Hovey as Head of Business Development. (8/1/09)
  Posted 1/20/10 at 5:04pm
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  Rixty added Alan Miller as Strategic Advisor. (8/1/09)
  Posted 1/20/10 at 5:05pm
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  Rixty received $25k in Angel funding. (6/1/09)
  Posted 1/20/10 at 4:54pm
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  Rixty added Ted Sorom as Founder and CEO. (8/1/07)
  Posted 1/20/10 at 4:59pm
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  Rixty added Don Ferguson as Founder and VP of Engineering.
  Posted 1/20/10 at 5:00pm
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  Rixty added Keval Desai as Advisor and Board Member.
  Posted 1/20/10 at 5:01pm
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  Rixty added David Riemer as Advisor.
  Posted 1/20/10 at 5:03pm

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Screenshots

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Above: Rixty Homepage
Uploaded: 1/21/10

Sources

1. Citation Needed [add]
2. Rixty, Online Payments For The Unbanked, Scores $1.24 Million In Venture Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Rixty Announces Nation’s First Certified Kid-Friendly Online Cash Payment System (freshnews.com) [edit]