From customer service to customer acquisition, merchants are using Beacons powered to enhance the relationships with their customers. Here’s a look at some of the early adopters and what they hope to achieve using this new technology.
Online commerce leader Shopify will be lowering its transactions costs at it POS plans as well as lowering the price for signing onto the system. Credit card transactions processed through Shopify will now only carry a 2.7 percent per exchange charge with no additional flat...
Starting today, New Yorkers with courier needs will be able to tap into a new resource; UberRush. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
According to software-as-services provider Selz, an 80 percent of entrepreneurs work through PayPal when they are looking sell goods online, and SaS start-up thinks that they can make those transactions easier and smother with their new app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
According to Jefferies electronics payments summit, Apple’s Mobile wallet and the evolving preferences of retailers are the biggest “wild cards” in the mobile wallet game today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Several new payments startups earned recognition this week for swimming into the big leagues and, highlight this week’s Startup Roundup. One such company, PayStand, said bye-bye to beta to take on magnate PayPal.
After an initial public offering at $26 a share, GrubHub stock surged upward 20 percent in its initial day of trading April 3. The stock had climbed as much as 50 percent over the course of day, but pulled back as tech stocks plummeted on...
As point-of-sale processing evolves to include enhanced technology, including tablets and sophisticated POS software, many acquirers and independent sales organizations have found themselves being disintermediated by newer market players. A new Payment Apps marketplace tablet vendor Leaf is announcing today provides a means for them...
Airbnb Inc., and apartment-rental site, has reached an investment agreement with a group led by private-equity firm TPG for a funding round expected to total $450 million to $500 million. Also participating in the round are T. Rowe Price and Sequoia Capital, an earlier investor. ...
