Coupons, rewards, and data oh my! These startups are in the business of keeping customers and other businesses secure while they enjoy the benefits of mobile commerce. Find out who got what and how much.
What do a couple of ex-Visa/CyberSource guys see in bitcoin? Well, plenty, which is why they've launched Bitnet today. Bitnet will act as a third party mediator in vendor-consumer bitcoin transactions, taking what CEO John McDonnell says is the "mystery and risk" out of bitcoin...
People who wanted to buy really bad stuff probably didn’t mind paying a premium to use bitcoin to do it. But, will the regular old mainstream consumer be as willing to pay more than the face value of the goods they are purchasing just to...
Latin American countries are not usually thought of as payments technology, bellwethers. But, that all changed recently when the region surprised the world by being one of the first to mandate e-invoicing. Chile started the practice about a decade ago (albeit optional) and Brazil, Mexico...
Perhaps answering Chinese rival Alibaba’s participation in a $250 million funding round for ride-sharing service Lyfit, American e-commerce giant Amazon has proved that it an investment overseas too and reportedly paid $20 million for a minority stake in Yummy77, an online company that provides fresh food...
Going forward, merchants using the BlueSnap global payment gateway will have access to Avalara’s AvaTax capabilities. This will allow merchants to calculate the final tax amounts on international invoices from their existing workflow in an automated way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
What do you get when you blend 40 operators with $39 million and a emerging Asian economies? Bubbly. Nope, it’s not a champagne or even the Colbie Caillat song by the same name, it’s a new set of payments rails that enable carrier-based billing for...
The company plans to invest $250,000 to $1 million per consumer-based tech startup.
General Electric has contracted with the Tungsten Network to roll out a a multi-year e-Invoicing program into every GE operation globally, according a a release earlier today. The partnership could involve potential invoice volumes of over 16 million per year. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
