Remember when the hallmark of high-quality customer service was using a phone to connect with a human representative? Domino’s Pizza is living proof that that age has come and gone. The ubiquitous pizza chain’s U.K. arm has focused on revamping its mobile and eCommerce operations...
Wednesday was a rough day for Walmart’s executive team — and for shareholders. Walmart held its investor day yesterday (Oct. 14) and gave some insights into its slumping sales projections. But the biggest headlines that came out of the investor day were about the shares tumble...
First Data is coming to market, pricing its initial public offering on Wednesday (Oct. 14) at $16 per share and raising $2.6 billion, roughly speaking — a disappointment to many on Wall Street and likely to the company itself. [bctt tweet=”First Data’s $16 per share...
A new partnership was announced yesterday (Oct. 14) between Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection and MasterCard that’s aimed at taking the hassle out of paying travel insurance claims. Because those payments are traditionally made online, through EFT transaction or paper checks, there’s typically a lag of...
The judgment in a patent lawsuit could end up taking a financial bite out of Apple. It was reported this week that the technology giant has come out on the losing side of a patent lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) —...
Zwipe, a Norwegian startup that uses biometrics — specifically fingerprints — to authenticate card transactions, has garnered $5 million in Series B funding. TechCrunch reported Wednesday (Oct. 14) that the company, battling against the traditional bulwarks of PINs and passwords, received the money from Photon Future,...
Identity verification startup Veridu closed an £800,000 (almost $1.3 million) seed round from both institutional and private investors, TechCrunch reported yesterday (Oct. 14). The London-based company is focused on solving a common dilemma in the digital age: verifying a person is who they say they...
MasterCard has taken another step in helping businesses get their payment cards up to speed with the digital era. MasterCard announced yesterday (Oct. 14) that it will provide its tokenization services to commercial card issuers in order for corporations and businesses to load payment cards...
Kabbage, the alternative small business lender, said Wednesday (Oct. 14) that it has raised $135 million through a Series E funding round, according to a company press release. The company said that the round was led by Reverence Capital Partners, with participation from ING, Santander...
