WearYouWant has a novel solution for a problem facing e-commerce vendors across the developing world. Thailand has high mobile penetration—nearly half of all citizens have a mobile device—and social media is popular. However natural a fit for e-commerce the countries like Thailand may seem, however,...
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Privlo has an unusual looking balance sheet from the outside. The business is an alternative financing service that allows users access to home loans outside of the post-recession banking system where credit requirements are both high and rigid. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Workers finding themselves cash strapped in the few days before a paycheck have up until now found themselves facing two unappealing alternatives. The lesser of the two evils entails borrowing money from family or friends, and facing the shame that accompanies such requests. Alternately there...
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GameStop Corp. will soon test beacons that will allow it to introduce more digital marketing into its physical stores, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move is part of the company’s effort to fight Amazon.com and other retailers. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Fiserv came in roughly equal with analysts’ predictions on its Q2 earnings, but missed slightly on revenue. Total revenue was up 3.2 percent year-over-year to $1.18 billion, which is a slight undershoot of analysts’ predictions of $1.23 billion. Fiserv did see strength in its...
The credit card arm of General Electric, Synchrony Financial, brought in $2.87 billion in its initial public offering. Synchrony priced 125m shares up for grabs at $23, the bottom pricing range (the top of the range was $26). At that price, Synchrony’s total valuation...
There are no shortage of social marketplaces—where users are rewarded for successfully influencing others into purchasing products—but stealth launched Favr.tt has two new ideas going for it. Like rival services Shopa, Shopcade and Nuji the London-based social marketplace matches people to products and rewards...
