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Alibaba is taking a $590 million stake in a Chinese smartphone maker, Meizu Technology Co, that is virtually unknown internationally as the megafirm continues to explore ways to expand its mobile reach in a tightly competitive market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Dubbed a “Neflix for Clothing,” personalized women’s clothing rental company Le Tote has reportedly raised $8.8 million in Series A funding from various venture capital firms, according to TechCrunch. The fundraising round was led by Azure Capital Partners with backing by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Simon Venture Group,...
Ant Financial, an affiliate of the Alibaba Group, announced Feb. 5 that it will take a 25 percent stake in Indian mobile payments company One97, according to TechCrunch. This move appears to line up with Jack Ma’s vision of getting Alibaba more involved in India, which...
Shazam, a four-decade old financial services company, released a new feature yesterday (Feb. 5) to its Shazam Bolts app that gives debit card users access to person-to-person money transfers, as well as a GPS function that enables U.S. cardholders to find fee-free ATMs. Get the Full Story...
It has been theorized by industry analysts that Apple Pay’s big breakthrough may when Apple Pay is introduced into the new Apple Watch. When that happens, Apple Pay will take off due to the ease of tapping a watch compared to whipping out one’s phone....
Dubbed the Google of Russia, Yandex has recently tried to expand its core search business into other fields in a way similar to what Google has done outside of Russia. After acquiring a low-powered geo-mobile startup called KitLocate last March, and expanding its PayPal-like payment...
It might seem weird to think of the benefits of online shopping as more of a theory than a practice, especially when the advantages of having near-bottomless inventory and quick price comparisons are so clear, but according to new survey data from the IBM Institute...