With its latest $367 million of funding in the bag, the image-sharing startup Pinterest is now valued at $11 billion. This makes Pinterest one of the most highly valued startups in the world; as of this round, only five private, venture-backed companies in the world...
Today (March 17) will be marked by two things – wearing green and bidding online. The former is because it is St. Patrick’s Day, the latter because, after a long run-up, eBay and Sotheby’s are finally getting their combined online auction site off. Get the...
About two weeks ago, reports began to emerge that enterprising criminals had found a simple, low tech way to bypass Apple’s state of the art, biometrically authenticated, tokenized, NFC-secure element housed payment platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Uber-like mobile dining app has added the nation’s capital to the menu, as it were. 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 daily newsletter,...
BMO Harris Bank, a unit of Canada’s Bank of Montreal, launched the U.S.’s largest cardless ATM network on Monday (March 16) with the goal of reducing fraud and lowering transaction time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Alibaba Group might as well call be called Alibaba Investments. 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...
A new partnership between Orange Money and Airtel Money will allow customers in the West Africa region of Burkina Faso to send and receive funds for the first time ever using their mobile devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The Apple versus Android smartphone battle has taken a new level for the iPhone maker, which is reportedly set to offer another way to entice users of its competitors to come over to its side. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Across the Asia-Pacific region, each market is on its own path to secure digital transactions. In Australia, two-thirds of MasterCard transactions are already contactless in-store payments. In more emerging markets like Indonesia, consumers are just getting online to transact with mobile devices, but are well...
