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Why Consumers Love eCommerce (Not Why You Think)
December 03, 2014

From Black Friday to Cyber Monday to Singles Day, to say that online shopping is booming around the globe would be a far, far understatement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Cyber Monday Recap: Winners and Otherwise
December 03, 2014

Retailers and consumers have wised up to each other’s habits: Offer more sales and consumer will shop more. But if stores offer longer sales, it also may spread out how, where and when consumers are spending their money. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Beware Fraudulent Bitcoin Sites
December 03, 2014

Two websites pretending to be from the Bitcoin Foundation are trying to steal Bitcoin users’ cryptocurrency — and there may be more scammers out there, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile
SimplyTapp’s Funding Boost
December 03, 2014

SimplyTapp announced today that  it has raised $5.9M in a Series B financing round from unnamed new investors as well as existing investors Blue Sky Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. To date SimplyTapp has raised $7.6M in capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Mobile Commerce
Loup New Service: More Reliable Than A Bus, Cheaper Than A Car
December 03, 2014

In what is at least the third mobile-enabled scheduled-car alternative to San Francisco buses, a startup called Loup is selling space in black sedans that repeatedly travel the exact route. The cost? Between $2.50 and $6, depending on the portion of the route. Get the...

Payment Methods
Amazon Prepares CEO Succession
December 03, 2014

Amazon has selected a replacement for CEO Jeff Bezos, Bezos told an audience Tuesday (Dec. 2), but the identity is confidential. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
RadioShack Fighting With Its Lenders
December 03, 2014

As the struggling RadioShack chain is trying to restructure and survive, the last thing it needs is a public battle with its lenders. And yet, the last thing one needs is sometimes exactly what happens—and such is the plight of RadioShack. Get the Full Story...

Payment Methods
AribaPay Ignites B2B Payments
December 03, 2014

Ariba, an SAP Company, announced Tuesday (Dec. 2) that more than $1 billion in B2B payments have been made to almost 1,300 suppliers using AribaPay, a cloud-based payment service launched in July by Ariba and Discover. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Apple Pay
Stripe Valuation Hits $3.5 Billion
December 03, 2014

Online payments vendor Stripe on Monday (Dec. 1) is seeing its valuation double in less than a year, to $3.5 billion, after it closed a $70 million fundraising round, according to a story in The Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...