While Facebook’s F8 developer conference in San Francisco this week had plenty of payments- and eCommerce-related news, one set of announcements that didn’t seem to have much to do with money, retailing or even Facebook’s bread-and-butter advertising business was the social network’s unveiling of new...
Mobile point-of-sale startup ShopKeep has acquired its payment processing partner Payment Revolution, and will integrate both the technology and the people into its own operation, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday (March 25). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Seattle-based startup Remitly has raised another $12.5 million to help Indian and Filipino immigrants send money home from the U.S., according to a March 19 press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a new research office to do deeper dives into privacy, new payment methods and the Internet of Things (among other things), the FTC announced in a pair of blog posts on Monday (March 23). Get the Full Story Complete...
Twitter has cut a deal with Foursquare to let users tag their tweets with much more specific location information, Twitter announced in a blog post on Monday (March 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Almost one in six iPhone 6 and 6 Plus users have switched from Android phones, and more than a third of U.S. iPhone 6 owners are using Apple Pay, according to a Cowen & Company survey of 3,000 iPhone 6 users and prospective customers reported...
Tencent, China’s second-largest Internet company, won’t be pushing international expansion of its WeChat social network for at least the next year, the South China Morning Port reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
PayPal Here has finally landed on Microsoft’s Surface. The payments giant’s card-swipe device is now available with an app that runs under Windows 8.1 and a suite of small-business management software, the companies said on Wednesday (March 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
It’s official: Windows 10 will let users log in using facial recognition, an iris scan or a fingerprint, Microsoft announced on Tuesday (March 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
