September 25, 2012
New Restaurant App Storific Launches With PayPal Wallet Capabilities
Storific, a new iPhone app that allows users to place orders through a PayPal digital wallet, has launched, reports Venture Beat. The app also come with social media integrations and...
September 20, 2012
Food Businesses Serve Up QR Codes, Mobile Payments
We’re always focused on what’s next and revolutionary in mobile transactions, but what about the current, most common form of contactless payment? Yes, QR codes may not be as controversial...
August 08, 2012
Mobile Rewards Platform Startup Kiip Goes International
Kiip, a payments startup working to develop a rewards platform for mobile users, has signed a deal with the UK’s Yo! Sushi restaurant chain to deliver coupons to its users....
June 20, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: June 20-21
You rely on PYMNTS.com for insights and analysis on all of the biggest stories in payments. But in addition to our industry-leading, in-depth coverage, we also provide a bird’s eye...
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 22, 2012
Consumers Will Buy 40 Billion Facebook Credits This Year
A vice president for a small business focused on Facebook commerce estimates consumers will buy 40 billion Facebook credits this year. That estimate was offered by Dean Alms, vice president...
March 19, 2012
PayPal “Squared” Yields Triangle – And It’s Blue!
So much for first-mover advantage. PayPal Here was unveiled today as not the first, not the second, and by many counts not even the third or even fourth small business...
March 15, 2012
PayPal “Squared” Yields Triangle – And It’s Blue!
So much for first-mover advantage. PayPal Here was unveiled today as not the first, not the second, and by many counts not even the third or even fourth small business...
March 15, 2012
Target Looks to K.O. Amazon Price Check
The media was abuzz last week over Target’s clever move to combat “showrooming.” Showrooming is the latest word to take up entry into Webster’s dictionary and describes the following phenomenon:...