Google Entering the Bill Delivery & Payment Market?

Last week, Re/code published an article which reported that Google is working on a project called Pony Express to help customers receive and pay their bills within their Gmail accounts. Google declined to comment.

In our 2011 study entitled The Emergence of Digital Mailbox Services, we explored the possibility of a leading consumer technology service vendor entering—and disrupting—this market. Here’s an excerpt from that study: Read more »

You’ve Got Mail: Manilla Adds Value for AOL Users

AOL Bill Manager launched today, powered by Manilla. This is the first time that Manilla has done a deep integration to allow consumers to interact with its services at a site other than Manilla.com. It is an important milestone for Manilla–and the broader digital mailbox services category–because it reinforces the opportunity to reach large concentrations of potential users via integrations with existing consumer destinations. AOL Bill Manager has a prominent position on the Finance page and Manilla’s branding remains strong, as shown below.

Via the press release, Manilla CEO Jim Schinella had this to say:

“…[O]ur partnership with AOL represents the next step in our continued commitment to reducing paper mail and creating the best solution for our users. AOL Bill Manager is the result of Read more »