February 08, 2019
How Madhappy Turned T-Shirts Into A Lifestyle Brand
T-shirts and hoodies are not, generally speaking, complex fashion items. The average T-shirt costs about $6 to manufacture (overseas), a high-quality hoodie can run from $11 to $18 to make...
September 16, 2018
Mexico/Chile: Walmart buying Cornershop to boost presence in Latin America
Walmart has announced it is acquiring Cornershop, a leading online marketplace for on-demand delivery from supermarkets, pharmacies, and specialty food retailers in Mexico and Chile. “We are focused on making...
March 02, 2018
Seated App Users Can Now Earn Lyft Credit
Users who book a meal through the reservation app Seated can also earn credits toward the ridesharing service Lyft. Customers can simply download the Seated app and put in the...
July 25, 2016
Why The FinTech Index Is On The Rise
Investing in FinTech — there’s a new index for that. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said last week that it has struck a deal with stock exchange Nasdaq to debut a...
February 19, 2016
Merchants’ Eye View: South Carolina
As always, there is the story the numbers tell and the stories the people tell. And so PYMNTS went on the road again like Willie Nelson, to seek out the...
September 18, 2015
Braintree’s Big Bet On Mobile Pays Off
Two years ago, PayPal acquired Braintree, yesterday it announced that Braintree is poised to cross $50B in payments volume with 154M customer accounts on file. MPD CEO Karen Webster caught...
June 10, 2015
PayPal’s One Touch for Web Expands to Canada and UK
Less than two months after its rollout, One Touch for Web is expanding to merchants and consumers internationally, starting with Canada and the U.K. The next countries to experience One Touch...
April 04, 2013
Japan: Sony, Olympus joint venture finally sees China approval
A joint venture by Sony and Olympus, which makes medical equipment, will now proceed after the deal was delayed pending approval from China’s competition authority. The companies announced that they...