PayPal-owned Braintree is hoping to be the cash register on every app. With the release of its newly updated suite of development tools, Braintree has now made it possible for corporate developers to add their company’s credit-card-payments system and a PayPal button to their app...
Taxi Magic, a ridesharing service that allows users to hail a cab via their phone, is rolling out a new service today that will allow registered users of the app to beam out, via Apple’s iBeacon technology, the referral code for the service to others....
Customer finance start-up Affirm has announced the release of Split Pay, a service that allows online merchants to offer installment payments to their consumers at the point of sale. By using Split Pay, shoppers can make a purchase and pay across multiple months with simple,...
Synchrony Financial, the about to IPO GE Capital spinoff, has announced a strategic investment in mobile payments company LoopPay. Loop will provide Synchrony with unique benefits and features for its retail partners and cardholders. Synchrony is the largest provider of private label credit cards in...
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) - worries that the U.S. banking system is dangerously vulnerable to acts of cyber-warfare that could fundamentally damage the entire economy. To head off the threat, the organization wants to see banking executives, federal officials and security...
Payments processor i2c announced the opening of its new Singapore office yesterday to further grow the market for prepaid and mobile services in the Asia Pacific location, according to a company release. The new office will include product, client services, and business development staff.
Everyone one loves a horserace, and so when Gartner predicts that tablet sales will eclipse traditional computer sales in 2015, it is tempting to declare a winner and go home. However, since consumers are still using PCs to make 90 percent of their digital purchases,...
Supply chain management software companies Accellos and HighJump Software announced that they are going to merge and continue to operate under the HighJump name. However, the new company will use the Accellos brand name for mid-market supply chain execution technology. Get the Full Story Complete...
Bitcoin Vault Xapo says the first shipment of bitcoin debit cards are set to ship out later this month. The branded debit cards will allow holders card to withdraw bitcoin on the fly. Cards will start shipping in the middle of this month, and ship...
