October 6, 2020Residents of Manhattan and Brooklyn can now use Mercari’s new Mercari Now service in conjunction with Postmates to sell each other goods without having to physically connect, the company announced ...
August 10, 2020If America ever needed a digital estate sale — or even a garage sale, for that matter — it’s right now.
Tens of millions of financially strapped or suddenly unemployed people ...
August 7, 2020Mercari, the Japanese shopping platform that allows users to buy and sell almost anything, reported its net sales surged nearly 48 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, but ...
July 20, 2020After a boardroom battle in which one side wanted eBay to get back to its roots, the company was rewarded Monday (July 20) by word that it’s close to selling ...
January 24, 2020Mercari, the flea market app in Japan with nearly 15 million users, announced Thursday it is purchasing Origami, a payments platform also in Japan. The purchase amount is undisclosed, according ...
January 13, 2020There is no shortage of online marketplaces for consumers seeking luxury goods, slightly used. The challenge, however, is knowing they are actually getting the real deal. Counterfeiting is a thriving global ...
March 27, 2019Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes the tie-up between Mercari and Line for payments in Japan. Mobile payments are on the ...
June 22, 2018The best way to describe an initial public offering (IPO) that jumps double digits out of the gate? “Nothing new.”
On closer look, however, the best way to describe one that ...
June 20, 2018Flea market app Mercari saw its shares rise 77 percent in its Tokyo stock market debut on Tuesday (June 19) as the rare Japanese unicorn looks towards expansion in the ...
June 18, 2018One of the biggest initial public offerings (IPOs) in Japan may herald a sea change across a number of fronts: in payments, how the Japanese population views budgeting and how ...