PaymentOne, one of the vets in the content and services payment business, has received $7 million in new equity and debt funding, in its second round, led by AER Investments. The San Jose-based company, which has been around in some form since 2000, is known for it alternative content billing sytem, where the bill for a user comes on their telephone/ISP bill. With this new money, it plans to use it for growth in mobile space, and acquisitions, it said. The company says it has been profitable for a while. With renewed interest in paid content online, things are heating up again for payment startups. More here.
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