November 18, 2014
Pressure Packs Too Much On Alibaba’s Jack Ma

As a company that went public just a few months ago, Alibaba continued to show its strength when it shattered sales records on Nov. 11 with Singles’ Day sales of...

November 10, 2014
Alibaba’s Powerful “Singles’ Day”

As U.S. retailers prep for the Black Friday shopping rush, Alibaba has hit another record-breaking single-day sales record. Alibaba said its sales for China’s Singles Day on Tuesday (Nov. 11)...

November 07, 2014
Shoprunner Alipay Partnership Brings eCommerce to Chinese Consumers

ShopRunner announced Thursday (Nov. 6) that it has expanded its E-commerce presence through a new partnership that will connect more U.S. retailers with online shoppers in China. This partnership with...

October 06, 2014
Chinese Payments Giants Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers

China’s two biggest online services already have large payments operations — and now both have permission to be bankers, too. On Monday (Sept. 29), Alibaba Group’s Alipay affiliate won permission...

October 06, 2014
Guess What? Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers

China’s two biggest online services already have large payments operations — and now both have permission to be bankers, too. On Monday (Sept. 29), Alibaba Group’s Alipay affiliate won permission...

October 06, 2014
Chinese Payments Giants Alibaba And Tencent Are Now Bankers

China’s two biggest online services already have large payments operations — and now both have permission to be bankers, too. On Monday (Sept. 29), Alibaba Group’s Alipay affiliate won permission...

October 01, 2014
First Impressions: A Separate PayPal and eBay

Fresh off the news of the PayPal spin-off, MPD CEO Karen Webster caught up with eight CEOs and investors from across the payments ecosystem to get their views, literally, within hours...

September 24, 2014
Walmart Expands Its India B2B eCommerce Presence

Walmart’s ambitions to be a viable B2B supplier in India continue to grow, as two more of the megaretailer’s Best Price Modern Wholesale stores are set to add eCommerce-service support,...

September 23, 2014
China’s Bustling Cross-Border eCommerce Market

With Alibaba last week having gone through the largest initial public offering in U.S. history, expect continued growth in international eCommerce trade coming out of China. Alibaba already is saying...