On Jan. 31, Braintree CEO Bill Ready released a recap of his company’s Q4 performance, where he highlights the new partnership with PayPal, as well as the huge growth company services, including fund-sharing program Venmo, have experienced thanks to both the PayPal partnership as well...
2014 will go down as the most lucrative year for venture capital since 2000, largely because of a greater emphasis on late-stage funding of tech firms that choose to stay private longer than their predecessors did during the dot-com bubble at the beginning of the last...
On Jan. 26, the Federal Reserve released their plans to explore faster payments more in depth, with a potential release of their study on Feb. 24-26 at the Eastpay Conference in Orlando. While the payments world, to quote MPD CEO Karen Webster, is on “pins and needles”...
About a month after they were first announced, the big layoffs at eBay and PayPal have begun. 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...
In an attempt to shore up its emerging brick-and-mortar business, Amazon.com Inc. is in talks about acquiring some RadioShack Corp. locations after the electronics chain files for bankruptcy, two people with knowledge of the matter said according to Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Lending Club and the Alibaba group are partnering to help American companies buy parts from Chinese manufacturers. The team-up will give manufactures in the U.S. access to products and supplies sold on Alibaba.com, while Lending Club will help those business secure loans for as little...
Amazon already has a marketplace for college textbooks on its site, so its most recent move with three major universities to team up to sell more college-related goods seems like the next logical step to tap into the college market. Get the Full Story Complete...
Last week was a tense one for Alibaba and the regulators, but it appears the controversy between the Chinese e-commerce giant and China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce has come to an end — at least for the time being, according to The Business...
Digital crowdfunding has gone viral among individuals – a World Bank-commissioned study predicted that P2P crowdfunding could hit $96 billion by 2025, with funds pouring in for ventures ranging from commercial 3-D printing technology development, to video games and movies, to one man raising nearly...
