May 01, 2012
Google and PayPal portend antitrust harms flowing from Project Oscar
Google and PayPal have warned the European Commission on competition problems posed by a mobile payments joint venture, reports the Financial Times. The joint venture, dubbed Project Oscar, is between...
April 30, 2012
Google, PayPal Blow The Whistle On U.K. Joint Venture
Google and PayPal are among several companies warning European regulators about the consequences of approving the business plan of a joint venture between a trio of Euro-based telecom giants. Vodafone,...
April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 19, 2012
Friday Five: Mobibucks’ Ziad Alshobaki
Most mobile payment solutions require the presence of an actual phone — but not so with Mobibucks, a California-based startup with $10 million in investor backing. Managing Director Ziad Alshobaki...
April 02, 2012
Guest Commentary
PYMNTS.com features diverse content from a variety of different contributors. • Time To Deal With All These Deals (Richard Postrel, CEO and Founder of Swift Exchange) •...
April 02, 2012
Leave Us Alone, We’re Innovating!
Last week I was asked to give my thoughts on what the market obstacles are to payments innovation and what if anything the government should do about this. The occasion...
April 01, 2012
Leave Us Alone, We’re Innovating!
Last week I was asked to give my thoughts on what the market obstacles are to payments innovation and what if anything the government should do about this. The occasion...
March 27, 2012
Why Care about Mobile Commerce?
The Tipping Point in Here Mobile commerce has finally reached a tipping point. But what got us here wasn’t a silver bullet mobile payments technology, whizzy new app or “aha”...
February 13, 2012
Mobile Movers, Shakers and Shockers
I don’t know about you, but 2012 so far has left me a little breathless given the fast pace at which the payments industry has been moving since we all...
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