In a strong first quarter that produced a 17 percent net income increase to $1 billion, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga focused his comments during the company’s call with analysts on key payments metrics as it continues down its path to global expansion with its growing merchant base....
The conversations in mobile payments have largely been about ways to create faster, more secure, easier payment options. But Amit Jhas, CEO of Lucova, an in-store mobile commerce platform company, says there’s one giant missing element that hasn’t often been part of the buzz. That...
While Yelp has always been vague about how it plans to monetize the platform — outside of advertising dollars — what it appears is helping Yelp grow most is acquisitions of other companies that help Yelp be a more engaging, consumer-friendly and restaurant-friendly product. Get...
PayPal has added another online ordering platform to its list that will accept the payments system, as Tillster — a provider of digital ordering and engagement products and services for the restaurant industry — announced yesterday that the two have formed a partnership. Get the...
So what does the most highly valued and buzzed about startup in the world do? Well, if you’re Uber, you decide to start racing with the big boys over at Amazon and Google in the same-day delivery race. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
The number of Google Now partners is going up. Google premiered the Google Now cards program in January of this year with 40 third-party partners; another 70 are now looping in, bringing the total pool of Now partners up to 110. Get the Full Story...
The hits just keep on coming out of MCX this week. 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. By completing...
PayPal’s Singapore competition, 2C2P, a payment services provider, is making headlines as it closed a $7 million deal in Series C funding, bringing its total capital raised to $10 million, according to e27, a Singapore-based business news service. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Tencent has released new software for smartphones and smartwatches that pushes the eCommerce company further into payments and stacks it against its top competitors Google, Alibaba and Xiaomi. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
