Despite Bitcoin prices taking a tumble as of late, Silicon Valley still seems to have an appetite for the digital currency. Blockchain, a Bitcoin wallet provider with British roots, has locked in $30.5 million in funding, backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Wicklow Capital, according...
Curbside, the mobile shopping startup, is using $9.5 million in seed and Series A funding to help shoppers do same-day pickup, which is a hybrid between mobile shopping and in-store. Ideally, it combines the convenience of M-Commerce with the immediacy of in-store, with shoppers driving...
Loanz, a private credit platform focusing on peer-to-peer lending, has wrapped up a $2 million seed financing effort. 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...
Reporting Tuesday (Oct. 7) that it’s operating profit plunged as much as 61.8 percent, as it battles Apple in the smartphone market that it once dominated. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
U.S. Bank said on Monday (Oct. 6) that it has signed up more than 5,000 carriers to use the Freight Bill Lookup online tool for the bank’s freight-payment trade finance service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Facebook Messenger is gearing up to allow friends to send each other money. 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....
PayPal’s new chief executive, Dan Schulman is reported to receive a base salary of $900,000 in addition to equity awards over the next year of $18 million and be eligible for as much as $29.1 million in pay for benefits he is possibly forfeiting from...
PayPal is now making it easy for foreign shoppers who want to shop at online US stores, by teaming up with Shopmesimply. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
According to PYMNTS.com analysis, a total of $399 million was invested in 3Q 2014 in B2B payments across a variety of segments – lending, wholesale, travel and entertainment, procurement, billing and invoicing, data and business analytics. And, as we see on the retail side of...
