International

Alibaba Aims For Efficiency As Jack Ma Halts Hiring
April 30, 2015

Having taken a head count at his company, Alibaba’s Jack Ma is looking to cool down on hiring new people — as in, no more for the rest of the year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Romania Nabs 25 Alleged Cyberthieves Who Stole $15M
April 30, 2015

An international gang that hacked into banks, cloned payment cards and stole more than $15 million in 2013 may have been broken up in raids by authorities in Romania, according to the IDG News Service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Singapore’s PayPal Challenger Raises $7M
April 29, 2015

PayPal’s Singapore competition, 2C2P, a payment services provider, is making headlines as it closed a $7 million deal in Series C funding, bringing its total capital raised to $10 million, according to e27, a Singapore-based business news service. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Samsung Pay Is Still On Track, Galaxy S6 Is Fine After Plunging Q1
April 29, 2015

For Samsung, the good news is that Samsung Pay is on track and its just-out-this-month Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone is selling out. But that didn’t help its Q1 earnings, which plunged 39 percent as the company sold more less-expensive smartphones and the bottom dropped out...

Kroger’s New Deal With dunnhumby Might Mean Tesco Is Selling
April 28, 2015

Kroger is rearranging its agreement with dunnhumby…and that might mean that Tesco is one step closer to selling the data analytics company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Deutsche Bank Gets Smaller
April 28, 2015

Deutsche Bank has joined the “smaller and simpler” movement. After missing financial targets and facing regulatory problems, the German bank said on Monday (April 27) that it will sell its retail banking business, shrink its investment bank and leave seven of the 70 countries where...

Vogue Turns Style.com Into A Fashion Marketplace
April 28, 2015

Vogue publisher Condé Nast plans to expand its fashion eCommerce empire by repurposing its Style.com website as an online sales platform, the U.K. version of Vogue announced on Monday (April 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

German Movie Chain Uses QR Codes For Mobile Payments
April 28, 2015

German movie theater operator CinemaxX will be rolling out mobile payments for tickets, drinks and snacks “in a few weeks,” the company announced on Thursday (April 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Alibaba Moves To Bring Smartphones To Rural China
April 27, 2015

China Telecom – the nation’s largest telecom operator – has officially teamed up with Alibaba to roll out low cost ($48) smartphones to citizens in rural China. The deal with China Telecom – and access to its 186 million subscribers – is part of a...