Tom Lyons on Business

Dermot Desmond has taken a punt on a promising micropayment start-up, whose founder set his stall out online last week

Paul McCarthy-Brain, the bright-spark founder of micropayment and subscription management start-up Flip-Pay, last week published a fascinating document online outlining his company’s features.

Flip-Pay has developed a content monetisation engine and payments system for publishers which delivers innovative tools far beyond legacy paywall technology. Behind that again is advanced analytics and an identity management platform that is simple to install on a media website. This is the holy grail for digital publishers battling ...