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Grabble On-The-Go Fashion App Swipes Up $1.8M
February 23, 2015

The British fashion app Grabble, which uses Tinder-style swipes to help customers make fashion purchases from retailers, just landed a $1.8 million fundraising round from a series of angel investors, as the company seeks to expand to the U.S. and Asia within the year. Get...

Wearables To Grow 34 Percent In 2015
February 23, 2015

The wearable market is just getting started. 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 this form, you agree...

E-Commerce Sales Projected To Grow 14 Percent
February 23, 2015

Retail sales in the U.S. will increase about 4 percent in 2015 to nearly $5 trillion, according to eMarketer research, while e-commerce is expected to see a 14 percent jump. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Developers Flee The Fire Phone
February 23, 2015

That customers did not fall in love with Amazon’s Fire Phone is well known. While that is bad news for a consumer product, it is still a situation that could, and did, get worse. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Target’s Canadian Woes Worsen With Supplier Spat
February 23, 2015

The dispute between Target Canada and its suppliers fighting to get paid since the retail chain went bust in the nation has reached a new peak since those suppliers brought Target Canada to court. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

PayPal Amps Up Cybersecurity Plans
February 23, 2015

Cybersecurity is the buzzword flooding the payments and commerce space. No matter which company, the narrative is all about security breaches and how to be proactive in combatting attacks — this includes protecting email. And last week, PayPal shared its take on how the company is...

Apple’s New Biometrics TouchID Patent
February 23, 2015

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published Thursday (Feb. 19) new patent applications filed by Apple that hint at the technology conglomerate’s latest focuses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Mt Gox Robbery an Inside Job, Report Suggests
February 23, 2015

New evidence suggests the downfall of the Tokyo based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox might have been an inside job executed by an automated bot. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Financial Inclusion
Citi Set To Sell OneMain To Springleaf For $4B
February 23, 2015

Citigroup is in the final stages of a deal to sell its OneMain consumer finance unit to subprime lender Springleaf for more than $4 billion, Reuters reported on Friday (Feb. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...