Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and its financial-services affiliate have agreed to invest $575 million to jointly in India’s One97 Communications Ltd.’s online-payment and marketplace businesses, sources familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Apple Pay is heading north, with a Canadian launch planned for early 2015, according to sources cited by 9to5 Mac. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Taco Bell is trying to drive mobile ordering by offering customers a free Doritos Locos Taco with each mobile purchase made in January, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Starting today, scores of merchants, technologists, financiers, analysts, journalists and all-around retail enthusiasts descend on Manhattan for “Retail’s Big Show” – NRF’s annual event. By the looks of the agenda, it seems most participants are helping retailers prepare for an increasingly demanding and connected consumer....
It’s official: PayPal’s app is now available on all major mobile platform with the announcement this week that it has expanded to the Blackberry operating system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Fans of ride-sharing pioneer Uber have for a long time speculated on its potential to develop into a global logistics firm. Uber customers in Hong Kong are getting a chance to test drive that future now with a “rent-a-van” service called Uber Cargo. Get the...
Fast-casual food chain Panera Bread has now rolled out its “Panera 2.0” upgrade to about 100 of its 1,845 cafes, adding online and mobile ordering and no-wait to-go orders, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
It seems that Amazon will be taking no break in their attempt to become the online “everything” business in 2015, and is now developing a “secret” inventor platform aimed at helping create (and eventually exclusively sell) the next generation of electronic hardware. Get the Full...
If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em; that was the attitude Amazon was eventually forced to adopt toward Diapers.com and its parent company Quidsi. Amazon bought out the company for $550 million in 2010 after all attempts at competing with the online children’s products (and...
