Zaarly

Interesting start-up brokerage for buying and selling with people nearby.

http://www.zaarly.com/

Types of Business Model & Pricing Model

Ad-funded

Affiliate/franchise

Brokerage model - earn fees or commission, e.g. eBay; PayPal

Subscriptions

Merchant - sell product or services for a unit price

Pricing models - cost plus, value-based, yield management, freemium

'Do Some Business Models Perform Better Than Others?':
seeit.mit.edu/Publications/BusinessModelsPerformance12July2006.pdf

Simple Bank

Simple are a soon-to-launch new bank. Or as they put it 'more than a bank'.

Article on their mobile app:
www.fastcodesign.com/1665303/first-look-banksimples-iphone-app-aims-to-reimagine-your-money

Their site:
www.simple.com