London City Hall announced a £20 million (about $31 million) fund to help encourage the use of mobile and contactless payments on the capital’s high streets.
The latest research from Emarketer projects commerce taking place on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices will reach $334 billion in 2015, accounting for a record high of 49.7 percent of total eCommerce expenditure, Tech In Asia reported yesterday (July 30).
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GoButler, the startup that pairs text messaging with personal services, has raised $8 million in Series A financing. 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...
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In 1985, video games were a $100 million industry; that was after the great console crash that started in 1983 and drained 97 percent of the value of a once $3.2 billion marketplace. Though many predicted the end of home gaming with that crash, video...
The world’s enterprising cybercriminal population has found its newest weak link to exploit: corporate email systems. The new scam hotness entails getting small businesses to wire large sums of cash into false bank accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Tripping.com, the vacation homes and short-term rental search engine, said Tuesday (July 28) that it has raised $16 million in Series B financing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Sure, Stripe grabs the headlines, but what does the deal with Visa, and Stripe's capital raising, portend for the online payments processing writ large? PYMNTS spoke with the CEO of BlueSnap, a Stripe peer, to get a sense of what Stripe’s big news might mean...
