Ebay’s long history in E-Commerce (its Sept. 1995 launch made it one of the very first E-Commerce companies to launch, although Amazon’s July 1994 launch beat it by more than a year) has always been about consumer-to-consumer purchases. This week, it launched a geolocation-based app...
Staples has confirmed that tue retail payment systems at some of its stores were breached this summer, Bank Info Security reported on Tuesday (Nov. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Square is getting back into the gift card business this holiday season — but this time, the mobile payments service is selling physical cards to its retailers, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Danish startup AllUnite, which lets retailers offers ad-supported free Wi-Fi in their stores, plans to add 50 new markets in 50 weeks with its €3 million ($3.76 million) in new funding, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Right after its executives signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Monday (Nov. 17), Alibaba held a briefing in Melbourne to promise to bring far more Australian “products, brands and businesses” to China’s online shoppers through both Alipay and the Taobao Marketplace, Forbes is reporting....
B2B company Thinspace Technology has announced its third-quarter increased—year-over-year—by 464 Percent. That revenue increased to $2.3 million, compared with $411,000 for last year’s identical quarter. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Aspidistra Software, which makes B2B E-Commerce software, has cut a secure private cloud deal with Iomart, the companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
If you can download Google Wallet and can somehow persuade enough friends—OK, if you’re trying to force them to use Google Wallet, maybe you better go for acquaintances and distant relatives from your spouse’s family—to do the same, you could pull in $100. Get the...
On Monday (Nov. 17), Gulf Oil LP rolled out Gulf Online Market, a new online trading platform that promises to give B2B buyers “the lowest possible procurement costs on a daily basis,” which is a non-trivial claim given the soaring volatility of today’s petroleum prices....
