5 Most Popular Banking Questions on Quora Right Now

Some have suggested that Quora might be the new Google. While we won’t go that far, the Q&A site offers a unique window into what’s bugging people right now, including those engaged in financial services. Here are the five most popular banking-related questions being fielded on Quora right now:

This Orange Box You’ve Never Seen Before Is Changing Payments (10,598 views)

The orange box in question [at left] is called Lula, and it allows for easy (and we mean easy) buying of airtime in Africa. And airtime in Africa means payments. The device has been around since 2011, but this Quora question delves into Lula’s adoption.

Landmark Apple iSecure and iWallet Patent Application Released (25,132 views)

This Quora post calls Apple’s iSecure patent for what it is: a biometrics security system for payments and the company’s iWallet.

What is it like to be a partner at Goldman Sachs? (128,635 views)

Among the interesting insights from this question: An anonymous respondent wrote about stress at GS, “If you have a good year, you’re under pressure to make the next one even better. If you have a bad year, you’re under pressure to make the next one make up for the one before it. Its a lose-lose in this sense.”

An Introduction to the Libor Scam (24,917 views)

This attempts to explain the rate-fixing scandal without high-finance jargon.

What is next for former Square founder and programming wizard Tristan O’Tierney? (4,154 views)

Last month, Tristan O’Tierney, who was the lead developer at Square, left the company for “parts unknown.” While this Quora question is getting many views now, not one has offered an answer to the question, so if you know what’s next for O’Tierney …