International e-retail giant Alibaba has decided to push back its IPO to September, sometime after Labor Day. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company did not see a reason to sprint toward an IPO set to coincide with the late summer market slow-down. Get the...
While companies are continuing to convert to electronic invoicing and automation, some are still resisting the transition, according to a recent study. The “2014 eInvoicing Benchmark Report” by PayStream Advisors stated that the reasoning for the hesitation is often businesses having the mistaken assumption that their...
Fashion retail site Rent the Runway is unique. For just $75 per month, users can rent designer handbags, sunglasses, scarves, outerwear, hats and pieces of jewelry. While the brand names used to include the likes of Eddie Borgo, Pamela Love, Balenciaga and Oscar de la...
Earlier this week, PYMNTS reported that Apple was launching a new service in Japan that allowed users to load credit for purchases in the iTunes store using Apple retail establishments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Analysis/Paralysis. That’s what happens when businesses are presented with a portfolio of tools to solve their billing and payments problems. In fact, Eric Remer, founder and CEO of PaySimple says that their 8 years in serving this market has found it’s actually one of the...
eBay’s Q2 2014 results are out. PayPal was the standout player for the e-retailer with 4 million new active users, a 20 percent increase in annual revenue and an almost 30 percent annual increase payment volume growth. The rest of quarter for eBay? The company...
China has recently issued 250 new electronic payments licenses in five batches to various operations nationwide. But there is one stand-out award in the newest batch, reports Seeking Alpha, that should catch the eye of anyone interested in the future of electronic payments in China. Get...
Yesterday popular bitcoin mining pool GHash.IO announced in a statement that in the future it will “not exceed more than 39.99 percent of the overall Bitcoin hashrate.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Retail, the one area where Warren Buffet describes his own track record as “awful,” “pretty bad” or “really bad,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...