Mobile cab service Uber Technologies is now valued at $41 billion, thanks to its latest round of funding. 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...
Swedish payments company Klarna is preparing to drop $100 million for U.S. operations, which will be based in Columbus, Ohio. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Mobile vendor Mobile Majority was making his new year predictions at a recent panel and he saw Apple still making major mobile waves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Ripple Labs and Earthport have agreed to plug Ripple’s real-time settlement protocol into Earthport’s payments hub. This will allow Earthport’s customers to be able to use Ripple’s friction-free cross-border payments technology while operating within strict regulatory boundaries, according to a Finextra story. Get the Full...
Brazil is seeing such huge lending interest rates—bank loans hitting 100 percent interest while credit cards charge more than 240 percent annually—that an unusual player is emerging as a preferred option: pawnshops, which are charging about 19 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Barclays has found a whole new use for beacon technology to personalize and improve customer experience. 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...
As the rise of e-commerce and mobile payments continues to threaten the champion status of cash, the market has threatened to leave behind the un- and under-banked population. ALTPAY wants to scoop up those consumers with a new mobile payment application that can be used...
The Federal Reserve’s Regulation D — which limits the number of monthly transactions customers can make with their savings accounts, including automatic payments — is getting a hard look from Congress, American Banker reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Lending firm AvantCredit has pulled in $225 million in equity and added to its debt lines, the Wall Street Journal reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
