A decade after its birth in a Brooklyn apartment, online crafting marketplace Etsy is heading for an IPO on the NASDAQ. The company values itself at around $1.7 billion, according to a regulatory filing. It is currently planning to trade under the ticker symbol “ETSY.”...
The world’s largest search provider and the world’s largest retailer are breaking up – when it comes to local ads anyway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
California’s legislature is considering a license for Bitcoin exchanges that would require maintaining bank-style reserves against possible losses, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
For the first time since 2011, Apple has outsold Samsung in the mobile phone arena. 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,...
MasterCard is partnering with mobile ticketing and “intelligent travel solutions” provider Cubic Transportation Systems to stitch payments and retail offers into Cubic’s public transit ticketing and trip-planning app, the companies announced at Mobile World Congress. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Retailers are fed up with hearing from banks and credit unions that they don’t care about payment-card security and fraud, Bank Info Security reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Much like the consumers they serve, retailers have a habit of falling in love with newness when it comes to their customer base. Adding new names to the email list, attracting new foot traffic into physical stores, drawing new eyes to the website – companies...
After years of pushing e-commerce sites to be more mobile friendly, Google is now pushing retailers to make their Android apps more search friendly as well, according to a post on the company’s blog for webmasters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Almost two years after PayPal launched a handheld payment card reader for merchants in the U.K., that’s finally coming to the U.S. — and this time, it will support contactless payments and Apple Pay, too. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
