Across the Asia Pacific region small- and mid-size enterprises spent $2 billion on cloud computing services last year, an impressive growth rate of 42 percent. Despite the rapid expansion of cloud technology, there is still a lot of room to grow. SMEs make up the...
One of online gaming’s hottest rivalries is at an end. Yesterday, Optimal Payments – parent company of the Neteller digital wallet – announced its $1.2 billion dollar acquisition of Skrill – parent of the eponymously named mobile product. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Over the next two years, cyberattacks will get worse before they get better. But there’s some good news. There are methods to counter cyber threats — by working with stakeholders across the political aisle, including private to public sector initiatives, to create enforceable barriers to...
The push to make access to alternative lending easier for small businesses across the European Union just received a cautious stamp of approval from lawmakers in the United Kingdom. Calling the European Commission’s green paper, which outlines the need for capital markets reforms, a “welcome...
The PYMNTS.com Innovation Project 2015 has officially concluded, but the show didn’t wrap up without first paying some much-deserved recognition to several of the most innovative, disruptive and pioneering payments companies out there. Among the firms honored with a 2015 PYMNTS Innovation Award last week...
It is no secret or surprise at this point that small business lending has been broken since the Great Recession in a way that seems stubbornly resistant to improvement – if you’re a small business looking for capital. Depending on what measure one uses, between...
The 2015 ThinkAThon, held on March 19 as part of the PYMNTS.com Innovation Project, cast players from the payments and commerce industry on two opposing teams in a series of lively debates on hot-button topics before a captive audience at the Sanders Theater. Get the...
“Everybody’s talking and no one says a word,” wrote John Lennon in his popular “Nobody Told Me,” song from 1984. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Signed into law in April 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was supposed to change the way small businesses raise capital. Title III of the Act, specifically, would democratize funding, allowing businesses to raise up to $1 million from average citizens. But three...
