January 07, 2016
China’s Ride-Hailing King Has eCommerce Ambitions
Chinese ride-hailing app company Didi Kuaidi is expanding its test drive service to unlock a whole new market of automobile eCommerce to its user base, the company announced. The test drive service,...
January 01, 2016
Uber Hits Unicorn (Ride-Hailing) Mark
As the new year draws near, Uber dropped the news that its ride-hailing service has reached its one-billionth ride. The milestone trip took place on Christmas Eve in London, and...
December 31, 2015
The Top 10 B2B Payment Stories Of 2015
In 2015, the world of B2B payments ramped up its ability to knock its reputation for being slow to innovate and unable to grasp the market’s attention. From commercial card...
December 28, 2015
Saudi Prince Leads Lyft’s $247M Round
The ride-hailing investment space is heating up and from some more interesting players in recent months. The latest to throw his name in the space is Saudi Arabia’s Prince al-Waleed bin...
December 23, 2015
Flywheel’s Uber-Inspired OS For Cabs Launches
The taxi cab business in California just got another weapon to use against Uber. Flywheel, the startup that’s challenging Uber and Lyft in the ride-hailing market with its TaxiOS platform,...
December 22, 2015
Lyft After $1 Billion In Latest Battle Against Uber
In the battle to secure more market share in the U.S. ride-sharing market, the battle between Uber and Lyft has always left the latter of those two companies trailing. However,...
December 14, 2015
US: Seattle passes law allowing Uber drivers to unionize
The city of Seattle passed a law Monday that would grant Uber and Lyft drivers the right to form labor unions, a bold regulatory maneuver that could test the labor...
December 13, 2015
US: Seattle to decide whether to let Uber, Lyft drivers...
Seattle may soon become the first city to let drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft collectively bargain over pay and working conditions, a move opposed by the...
December 10, 2015
Uber Debuts Two More Commuter Transit Services
Uber has driven deeper into the commuter transit space. Uber already has uberPOOL in San Francisco and Chicago, and now two more pilot programs, known as uberHOP and uberCOMMUTE, are being...