News

Loyalty & Rewards
Square Losing Millions Despite Starbucks Deal
April 22, 2014

Sources say that the company has lost roughly $340 million, $20 million was from the Starbucks deal.

Merchant Innovation
Domino’s Starts Taking Google Wallet Payments
April 22, 2014

Customers can now place an order for any one of the 5,000 Domino’s Pizza restaurants in the United States with Google Wallet.

UK Start-up to Launch New Market for Bitcoin
April 22, 2014

The market will aim at investors and growing interest, along with handling bulk orders.

News
Mobile Payment Adoption Slows Down After Years of Growth
April 22, 2014

The report revealed an increase in mobile payments, but it was small in comparison to recent trends.

B2B Payments
PayPal Expands SMB Lending Program
April 22, 2014

It is reported that 25% of small businesses fail within the first year that they open and 50% fail within the first 18 months of opening. Many of these small businesses need additional capital to grow so they can compete in the cut throat market....

71 Percent of Brits Refuse to Use Bitcoin
April 22, 2014

According to the study, many do not trust the digital currency for online payments.

News
Ineda Raises $17M to Create Chips for Wearable Devices
April 22, 2014

The funding will be used to develop Ineda’s semiconductors for the wearable device market.

Europe
ETF Reports Eurozone Remains Weak
April 22, 2014

The MSCI Europe Index tracks the Europe stock market through studying the performance of top companies and sectors in Europe.

News
Online Beauty Start-up Birchbox Raises $60M
April 22, 2014

The new funding increases the value of the company to $485 million.