Amazon Makes First Chinese Investment, Drops $20M Into Chinese Food Vendor Yummy77
Amazon Makes First Chinese Investment, Drops $20M Into Chinese Food Vendor Yummy77
May 20, 2014  |  International

Perhaps answering Chinese rival Alibaba’s participation in a $250 million funding round for ride-sharing service Lyfit, American e-commerce giant Amazon has proved that it an...

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PayPal Will Feature Sneak Peak At “Shop” Function With Newly Redesigned User Experience
PayPal Will Feature Sneak Peak At “Shop” Function With Newly Redesigned User Experience
May 20, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Long-time PayPal users may notice that something looks a little bit different when logging into their accounts to transact business. The online payments standard bearer...

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Tripping Raises $5-$10 Million To Become the Kayak Of Vacation Rentals
Tripping Raises $5-$10 Million To Become the Kayak Of Vacation Rentals
May 20, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

As summer looms and Americans contemplate vacations, there is a segment of the population on whom the charm of a hotel is lost. Until now,...

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Groupon vs Square In The Battle for POS Dominance
Groupon vs Square In The Battle for POS Dominance
May 20, 2014  |  News

One-time social commerce now general e-commerce player Groupon has yet another established e-commerce player in its sights. The evolving online “everything” store has already dipped...

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Digital Gifting App Jifiti Launches on i2c Platform
Digital Gifting App Jifiti Launches on i2c Platform
May 20, 2014  |  News

i2c, Inc., a global provider of payment processing and e-commerce solutions, and Jifiti have announced that the physical-to-digital gifting site will use the i2c platform...

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BlueSnap Eases Tax Difficulties For International Merchants with Avalara Integration
BlueSnap Eases Tax Difficulties For International Merchants with Avalara Integration
May 20, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Going forward, merchants using the BlueSnap global payment gateway will have access to Avalara’s AvaTax capabilities. This will allow merchants to calculate the final tax...

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Bubbly Adds Carrier-Billing Payments Engine
Bubbly Adds Carrier-Billing Payments Engine
May 19, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

What do you get when you blend 40 operators with $39 million and a emerging Asian economies? Bubbly. Nope, it’s not a champagne or even...

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Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
May 19, 2014  |  Hmmm

PYMNTS.com spoke with Square to find out if the recent announcements about Feedback and Square Order are signs for something bigger.

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Blade Launches $20M Seed Fund in Boston for Consumer Tech Startups
Blade Launches $20M Seed Fund in Boston for Consumer Tech Startups
May 19, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

The company plans to invest $250,000 to $1 million per consumer-based tech startup.

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