The eCommerce giant led the latest $23 million funding round for India-based startup Housejoy, which specializes in providing on-demand home services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
By virtue of having Silicon Valley, the beating heart of tech innovation in the world, the U.S. usually gets first crack at the newest technologies that will change the world. However, Google’s new CEO has a more inclusive worldview of how the company should test...
Starbucks is pretty much synonymous with Seattle, and the company’s rapid spread over the last two decades has transformed thousands of street corners across the U.S. into branch locations and franchises. However, recent news could point to an even larger international footprint for Starbucks. Get...
Long-awaited data protection regulations were officially passed into law by the European Union on Tuesday (Dec. 15). 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...
In an indication of just how digitally dependent the world has become, many became aware of the fact that children’s gadget maker VTech had been collecting and storing all data their young users input into their devices when news broke of the company’s data breach...
In an age where developed world consumers are increasingly concerned with their food’s origin story, it is surprising, disturbing and terribly sad that the peel-and-eat shrimp many of us will be enjoying this holiday season has probably come to a supermarket shelf or a restaurant...
It took about two years, but Amazon has managed to claim the throne in Indian eCommerce — for now. 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...
Unless retailers have spent much of 2015 under a rock with poor Wi-Fi, it shouldn’t be a surprise to any brand that shoppers are wild about online orders this holiday season. However, just how big of a surge this digital shift is turning out to...
China’s largest payment and clearing network (and until very recently, China’s only payment and clearing network), UnionPay, has teamed up with 20 lenders nationwide to offer its own mobile payments product. The move comes as UnionPay attempts to capture customers back from China’s ascendant mobile pay...
