The mobile app that helps fight parking tickets, Fixed, recently closed $1.2 million in seed funding, according to TechCrunch. Investors include Y Combinator, Merus Capital, and more. Fixed is based in San Francisco and launched this January. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Earlier this month, PYMNTS.com reported that Facebook is testing a “Buy” button that allows certain customers to purchase items placed in the news feed or on ads on the site with a click or two. But don’t expect Facebook to compete against the likes of...
NACHA, which oversees the nation’s automated clearinghouse system, has made great strides in recent years to help companies facilitate ACH B2B payments. This progress has helped especially large companies to take a lot of paper out of the remittance process. As NACHA’s Jan Estep noted...
Discover’s success with its flagship Discover It card helped the issuer and card network to drive strong growth in second-quarter card sales. But pressure is mounting on the debit side of the business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Absolutely nothing. Of course, we wouldn’t expect Apple to show its hand regarding any plans it might have in the mobile-payments space. But with all the rumors circulating around the possibility, wouldn’t you think one inquiring analyst mind would want to ask CEO Tim Cook...
General Electric announced plans for a $3 billion flotation of one of its consumer finance operations later this month, according to a gulfnews.com article. The move is part of CEO Jeff Immelt’s efforts to reposition the company as an industrial group after its deal with...
The greater efficiencies afforded by email and other forms of electronic bill presentment are helping push more and more paper out of the billing process. However, senior-level managers often are impeding further process changes, and that trend is growing, new research has found. As such,...
The second quarter saw large U.S. banks reporting strong growth in business loans. 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....
Retail, the one area where Warren Buffet describes his own track record as “awful,” “pretty bad” or “really bad,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
