Square has upgraded its Square Cash P2P payment app with the ability to send payments via text messages, and raised the ante in its competition with PayPal-owned Venmo, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Amazon has sold only 35,000 of its new Fire phones in the first 20 days after it went on sale in July, according to data crunched by the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Office-supplies giant Staples has launched a “buy online, pick up in-store” program in the face of weak sales and declining profits, Integrated Solutions for Retailers reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Citi has launched its own digital wallet for online purchases, using MasterCard’s MasterPass system so customers won’t type in an unencrypted credit card number, the bank said in a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Feedvisor, a repricing startup that lets online retailers adjust prices in real time based on the retailers’ business goals, has closed $6 million in Series A funding, according to a company press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Rocket Internet, the German startup incubator launched in 2007 by Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer, has swapped 2.5 percent of its ownership to a longtime investor in its portfolio companies, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Even though the official end of Summer isn’t for another few weeks, the impending turn of the calendar pages from August to September sure signals that summer is over . If that isn’t enough, the signs of Fall are also in great abundance: kids are...
2014 is shaping up to be the year that the internet decided the best thing it could do is make sure that consumers never had to wait for anything again. Delivery-on-demand for just about everything is now available—Amazon and Google are both going after grocery,...
JPMorgan Chase is eliminating cash-back checks from its rewards program for Chase Sapphire, Chase Freedom and Ink credit card customers, according to American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
