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Mobile
Groupon’s Grocery Deal Service Relies On Dead-Tree Checks
October 03, 2014

Groupon is moving to modernize the grocery business, with a new mobile app—called Snap—that gives customers money back after they upload photos of their receipts. But while Groupon is trying to modernize grocery with its rollout Thursday (Oct. 2), inertia is forcing some of the...

Locqus: The Contractor’s Answer To Uber
October 03, 2014

A Detroit-based firm called Locqus is launching a mobile app designed to support small businesses—along the lines of “plumbers, handymen and landscaping companies”—to coordinate jobs and payments with customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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The Art Of Raising Money
October 02, 2014

Victor Ho, the CEO of 3-year-old loyalty firm FiveStars, has become a veteran of the capital-raising game as he has built his firm to support more than 5,500 merchants and about 4 million cardholding shoppers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Company Profile
Advice To PayPal: Don’t Forget Main Street
October 02, 2014

North American Bancard CEO Marc Gardner is not a big fan of shopping at large national retailers, saying that he much prefers a local boutique where personalized customer service is a much higher priority. The problem is that when he looks at his PayPal mobile...

Merchant Innovation
Diapers.com Founder Trying To Raise $600 Million To Fight Amazon
October 02, 2014

Can a startup based on supply chain logistics seriously take on Amazon and make a dent? Marc Lore, co-founder of Diapers.com parent company Quidsi, apparently thinks so and he’s actively raising $600 million to make it happen, reports Recode. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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PayPal Sans eBay – Now What?
October 01, 2014

Just another Tuesday in September. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive...

The PayPal Split Is Like A Great Painting: Everybody Sees Something Different In It
October 01, 2014

The PayPal/EBay separation is a story of contradictions. eBay says that the fast pace of the payments space—and the huge recent changes (Apple Pay and Alibaba’s IPO)—require a move right away: So they’re saying that they will separate by the end of 2015. Get the...

Cross-border Payments
iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
October 01, 2014

The Chinese government is officially allowing Apple to start selling the iPhone 6/6 Plus in China after extracting a privacy promise from Apple “that it would never allow any country or government agency backdoor access to its devices or user data,” according to a report...

Mobile
Whole Foods Trying One-Hour Delivery
October 01, 2014

The Whole Foods grocery chain is trialing a one-hour mobile delivery program, where shoppers place their orders on a smartphone, in 15 cities in the U.S.. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...