South East Asia

New Stats Show Alipay Mostly Mobile
December 08, 2014

Alibaba issued new usage stats on Monday (Dec. 8) and it appears that most of Alipay’s transactions are now mobile, albeit just barely at 54 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

International
Bitcoin Getting Bigger In Korea
December 02, 2014

South Korean bitcoin exchange Korbit has cut a deal to accept bitcoin for one of the biggest media and entertainment companies in Asia, Bitcoinist reported on Monday (Dec. 1). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

International
Amazon Competitor Raises $250M
December 01, 2014

Rocket Internet’s Lazada has raised a whopping €200 million — almost $250 million — that it will use to nail down its position as a dominant force in ecommerce in Southeast Asia, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Acquiring
Apple Pay, By The Day
November 27, 2014

Hard to believe it was just 30 days ago that Apple Pay officially launched and even harder to believe how different the ecosystem is today as opposed to what it was 31 days ago.  Some are firmly in the camp that Apple’s entrance into payments...

B2B Payments
VC: Too Soon For B2B In China
November 26, 2014

Hurst Lin, a prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of popular Web portal Sina.com, spoke with The Wall Street Journal on his thoughts on various VC investment issues in China when he touched on B2B. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Bigcommerce Gets Big Bucks
November 24, 2014

E-Commerce services firm Bigcommerce has emptied an investment shopping cart to the tune of $50 million, courtesy of SoftBank Capital, American Express Ventures, Telstra Ventures, Revolution Growth and General Catalyst, Recode reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Let’s Get Ready To Retail
November 22, 2014

In just about a week, Americans – fortified by turkey and stuffing, maxxed out on football and ready to flee the visiting relatives, will participate in one of the most famous of all holiday rituals:  Black Friday shopping. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Cool
Who’s Driving eCommerce Spend?
November 21, 2014

In the late 90’s there was a popular bumper sticker “Think Globally, Act Locally,” that had all but disappeared by the mid-2000’s when their original owners bought Priuses, which successfully conveyed the same message without the risk to the paint that accompanies a bumper sticker....

International
Alibaba Makes It Australian Move
November 19, 2014

Right after its executives signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Monday (Nov. 17), Alibaba held a briefing in Melbourne to promise to bring far more Australian “products, brands and businesses” to China’s online shoppers through both Alipay and the Taobao Marketplace, Forbes is reporting....