July 20, 2012
Former DOJ Chief joins Skadden’s antitrust group in D.C.
Sharis Pozen, former acting assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Antitrust division joins law firm Skadden Arps in September, after a 3 and half year tenure in the government. Pozen’s...
July 19, 2012
Portuguese Consumer Protection Group to sue Apple over AppleCare
The Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (“DECO”) announced a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly misleading customers through deceptive language in order to persuade them into purchasing the add-on AppleCare Protection...
July 18, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 17-18
Report: Mobile retail commerce rises in second quarter, social shopping drops Yahoo Founder Yang Leads Investment in Payments Startup MasterCard Worldwide Appoints New Division President for South Africa CommBank does...
July 12, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 11-12
Starbucks Adds PayPal to Mobile App on Android, Grows to UK and Canada JCB Opens Its First South American Subsidiary in Brazil Amazon actually testing smartphone in Asia now: Platform...
July 11, 2012
Apple’s Mobile Airline Ticketing and Travel System Uses NFC
The patent for Apple’s airline ticketing and travel platform on the iPhone — dubbed “iTravel” — relies on NFC technology, according to NFC World. U.S. patent number 8,215,546 was actually first...
July 11, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 10-11
China beats out U.S. to be largest smartphone market, Apple share grows eCommerce: 16,000 interviews in 16 countries show developing nations are more digital than us Chase Launches Reloadable Card...
July 10, 2012
China Smartphone Sales Surpass Those Of U.S.
Consumers in China bought 33.1 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2012, according to Needham & Co., far surpassing U.S. sales of 25 million. The continued global proliferation of...
July 10, 2012
Experts Weigh In On The Future Of Mobile Commerce
Consumer interest — along with millions of venture capital dollars — suggest now is the time to look more closely at the potential impact of mobile payments. With that in...
July 10, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: July 9-10
Green Dot’s Michael Strange joins Mitek as CTO UBPS to Acquire and Consolidate Three Business Payment Companies in Proposed $179 Million Transaction Brightwell Payments Acquires Directo and Expands Presence in...
