Analysts were in shock and awe yesterday, April 15, to lean that Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant that is acquiring and investing in US companies, had $1.36 billion in Q4 profits.--more than 2x the year before. (The info was courtesy of Yahoo which has a...
Small businesses often struggle with cash management and find themselves guesstimating about how much cash is at their disposal to pay bills, invest in new technologies and services and general operations. A new platform that turns this art into a reliable science is now available...
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Healthcare billing is anything but simple. Among complexities, the billing cycle varies in length, meaning it can be very difficult to know when money is going to be due from payers or available to payees. Sorting that out presents a major problem for managers and...
What is the value of a bitcoin? This is not a metaphysical question about the nature and purpose of digitally backed currency, in fact it is very straightforward—in U.S. Dollars, what is a bitcoin worth? The answer has been far less straightforward, since until now...
Mobile wallets are on the rise, and consumers are being given a wide variety of choices when downloading them to their devices. However, according to a TSYS white paper released today, consumers are still hesitant to replace their cards with these mobile wallets. What’s causing...
Earlier in the month, ROAM was the highest-ranking mPOS terminal vendor within ABI Research’s mPOS Competitive Assessment. A major part of the company’s strategy is to sell to continue to sell to a particular market without limiting themselves to other opportunities. Get the Full Story...
Several e-commerce startups, including GrabTaxi, a ridesharing startup in Southeast Asia, highlight this week’s Startup Roundup.
There is an old adage in the construction industry – “fast, good or cheap: pick two,” that could easily be adopted to the B2B payments industry – “secure, frictionless, or cost effective- pick two.” In the B2B space, where buyers and suppliers need each other...
