November 18, 2014
Norway: Leading cable cos ordered to end bundling practices
Norway officials have demanded that the nation’s two leading cable operators end their practice of bundling broadband services with TV subscriptions, say reports. The nation’s Forbrukerombudet has reportedly sent a...
November 18, 2014
Internet-Connected Devices Soar
A report from Ericsson released Tuesday (Nov. 18) shows some startling growth of Internet-connected devices in the U.S., with 90 percent of U.S. households having three or more such devices,...
November 16, 2014
B2B Vendor Global Healthcare Exchange Buying Vendormate
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has agreed to buy Atlanta’s Vendormate for an unspecified amount. GHX handles business network connectivity and payments issues for some 4,000 hospitals and 18,000 provider facilities,...
October 09, 2014
Russia: Proposals suggest YouTube tax
Russian competition authorities are proposing implementing a fee for users to access YouTube and other high volume websites as the government looks for ways to fund growing capacity. According to...
September 05, 2014
Can A Subscription Fashion Retailer Be Worth $1 Billion?
Subscription fast-fashion retailer JustFab is now a billion-dollar business. The startup now reportedly has a $1 billion valuation after closing an $85 million funding round in late August, the Wall...
August 30, 2014
Trends Of The Week
Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link...
August 28, 2014
“Text-to-Pay” Launched for Magazine Subscriptions
UK publisher IPC Media and Silicon Valley mobile payments startup Boku have partnered to create a “Text-to-Pay” package that will offer IPC’s top print magazine subscriptions to individuals via text,...
August 21, 2014
Are The Retailer Blues Over?
Although some public retail companies this week reported better second-quarter same-store results than others, for varying reasons, the mood among the merchants’ executives was good. Helping drive those feelings are...
August 05, 2014
Groupon Names New Senior VP Of Product
Groupon on Monday (Aug. 4) appointed Parker Barrile as its SVP of product, leading Groupon’s web, design and mobile global product groups. Groupon grabbed its new executive from the ranks...
