India is still a cash centric society with few credit cards and only a third of its population owning a debit product. Yet, Srinivas Nidugondi, Head of Mobile Financial Solution at Mahindra Comviva, says the rest of the world can learn a lot about payments...
Mobile payments took another great leap forward in China earlier this week, with the announcement that WeChat users can now use the messaging platform to pay their utility bills. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
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More and more companies are moving away from paper-based invoicing, opting instead for more efficient electronic systems that can speed up payment turnaround times. A recent report predicted the global e-Invoicing market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.2 percent by 2018....
Retailers love M-Commerce in all of its forms, whether it’s in-store barcode scanning, shopping while riding the subway or trying out a mobile payment methods. But an alert from Seeking Alpha points out the payments dark side of that mobile madness: the very real potential...
Amazon hopes to use its newly launched payment-card reader as a first step in turning hundreds of thousands of small businesses into a brick-and-mortar presence for the e-commerce giant, according to Re/code. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
U.S. Baby Boomers, perhaps the biggest consumer age group affected by the Great Recession because it occurred right in the middle of when many were in their prime earning years, remain conservative in their spending, a new Gallup poll shows. Get the Full Story Complete...
Global Sources Ltd., a Hong Kong-based B2B company that facilitates international trade with Greater China and other parts of Asia through exhibitions and other means, reported a drop recently in second-quarter online sales, driven primarily by declines in hosted online B2B websites. Get the Full...
Cloud accounting and ERP company VersAccountsannounced last week (Aug. 21) that the former Sage UK/Ireland CEO Liam Mullaney will be joining the firm to help in its European expansion. According to a company statement, Mullaney’s experience working as a business software publisher will be beneficial...
