Bitcoin has inspired yet another technology that has some in the investor world worried that it will be used for the one thing bitcoin is commonly associated with: criminal activity. The worry is over something called smart contracts. These crypto-enabled contracts are capable of serving...
Collaborate to conquer. That’s what players seeking to seize their piece of the trillion dollar cross-border commerce pie are doing. Unilever’s products can reach rural China, Amazon will facilitate U.S. food exports to China and Alibaba will make eCommerce efficient in Singapore. The August X-border...
Though this week was a quiet one in FinTech investments, with only few $100M+ deals – VCs seem to have found a new favorite place to invest - bringing the supply chain into the digital age.
If you asked most Americans what Amazon does, the vast majority would say something along the lines of “big online retailer.” But an even smaller group — mostly comprised of current and former employees — would say something very different. That small minority would report...
Bitcoin hasn’t exactly been Overstock’s best friend – Overstock announced in June that it lost $117k in its investments in the digital currency so far – but Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has his own ideas for how the technology that powers bitcoin could shake up Wall...
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -Thomas Edison Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, is often compared to Apple founder Steve Jobs, a comparison intended to be simultaneously flattering and unkind. Both men were tech visionaries whose ideas...
The global mPOS market will quadruple in the next four years to 54 million installed units. The market will expand to $43 billion by 2022 propped by adoption in newer verticals, financial inclusion efforts in growth economies and ease of use. This month's mPOS Tracker...
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] It has been a good year to be a cybersecurity entrepreneur — and business is booming since cybercriminals have had a busy and productive year and a half. But if there can be an upside to criminal activity, it has...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”145784″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text]The PYMNTS.com X-Border Payments Optimization IndexTM, powered by Digital River, is a product of in-depth research on more than 180 merchants based in 10 countries which quantifies the degree to which eCommerce companies are prepared to deliver a seamless experience to consumers in a country outside of...
