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Uber CEO Is A China Believer
January 18, 2016

Silicon Valley may not always be considered an epicenter for innovation. 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...

Alibaba-Backed Logistics Firm Seeks $700M Pre-IPO
January 18, 2016

As investors pour money into China’s logistics and warehousing companies, which are critical to the country’s booming eCommerce infrastructure, one business has its sights set on raising $700 million before impeding plans to go public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Acquiring
Intuit Sells Off SMB Software Demandforce
January 18, 2016

Intuit has finally found a buyer for its small business software Demandforce. 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...

JD.com Goes Big In Online Financial Services
January 18, 2016

While China’s eCommerce landscape certainly has its standout performers, there are always those that are poised to launch comebacks and shake up the industry. JD.com is far from an underdog, but it’s still ready to make gains in areas where it has not yet made...

Mobile Commerce
Notify Nearby Launches To Connect Brands To Consumers
January 18, 2016

As beacons enter yet another year of waiting to take off, more and more startups are getting into the game of trying to figure out the secret sauce to perfect beacon implementation and consumer engagement. Notify Nearby, a recent entry to the field, may turn...

Cybersecurity
IBM Buys Bank Fraud Detection Firm
January 18, 2016

The October transition to EMV should be all the evidence any observer needs to understand that major brands take financial fraud very seriously. Now, one of the industry’s most powerful software firms is making sure that it has the chops to detect fraudulent activity before it...

Mobile Commerce
Estimote Raises $10M To Expand Beacon Platform
January 18, 2016

Beacons made more than a few top 10 lists around the tech world’s blogosphere, but few put forth specific steps by which beacons might finally make 2016 the year they established themselves in the retail world. Now, it looks like Estimote is at least keeping...

Mobile Commerce
Minkasu One-Click Mobile Pay Platform Raises $1M
January 18, 2016

Minkasu, a mobile payments company operating out of California, has just secured $1 million in seed funding through a consortium of investors, TechCrunch reported Friday (Jan. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Consumers Wary On IoT Privacy
January 15, 2016

The Internet of Things has been heralded as a harbinger of a new kind of living. When everything is connected, information will flow more freely than ever before, but in terms of consumer data privacy, that may not be a good thing across the board....