Online pop-up shop Bezar turned heads when it launched in March with a unique proposal: Products are only available for purchase for a maximum of three days after going on sale. Customers listened though, which has led to another big move for the young startup....
Kinnek, the New York-based online marketplace that helps small businesses manage purchasing and find suppliers, has raised $20 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Oct. 15), bringing the total amount raised by the company to $33 million. In addition to the lead investor, Thrive...
A freelance jobs app that started local is staying local but now in a lot more places. It was announced yesterday (Oct. 15) that Peer Hustle, a real-time, on-demand mobile freelancer marketplace that first launched in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, has made its mobile...
First Data, first day, first decline. The widely watched debut of the payments processing giant on the public markets — regarded by some observers as a tell on investor appetite for new stocks — fizzled. Shares were down nearly 2 percent, dipping below the $16...
B2R Holdings is now Lending.com — a rebranding that seeks to emphasize technology in the lending process across consumers and enterprises. According to a Thursday (Oct. 15) press release, Lending.com said that its platform has been in development for the past year and had initially been focused...
UK's Office for National Statistics said the most regular form of cyber crime is malware attacks.
A new banking service for self-employed Americans is making its debut with Uber. Yesterday (Oct. 15), Clearbanc launched instant pay for Uber drivers, wherein — instead of having to wait 10 days to receive payment for their services — the money that the contract employees...
Last night’s debauchery, documented for the world to see, may be tomorrow’s tarnished credit score. As reported by Investors.com, credit rating giants, such as FICO and TransUnion, are adding new layers of information to calculate creditworthiness, gathering evidence from social media sites, such as Facebook,...
The beginning of October and transition to EMV marked a major shift for the U.S. mobile payments industry, but that’s nothing compared to where Sweden might be in a few short years. According to a recent study conducted by industrial technologists at the KTH Royal...
