mobile app

QVC Rolls Out Shopping Video ‘Q Anytime’ Mobile App

QVC, the television home shopping network, is releasing a video shopping app for the iPhone, to create what the company calls “immersive,...

Lunchr Raises $34M In Meal Voucher Market

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Investments

Lunchr Raises $34M As It Goes After Meal Voucher Market

Lunchr, the French startup going after the corporate meal voucher market, has raised $34 million in venture funding. According to a report,...

Deep Dive: How mPOS Helps Supermarkets Compete

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MPOS Tracker

Deep Dive: How mPOS Helps Supermarkets Compete

Supermarkets around the world may seem to have locked-in consumer bases — groceries are a necessity, after all — but the reality...

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Innovation

Apple, Aetna Team On Health App

Aetna, a CVS Health business, announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) the launch of Attain, a new health experience designed by Aetna in collaboration...

Mobile Order-Ahead: A Must-Have for QSRs

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Retail

Why Mobile Order-Ahead Is A Must-Have Ingredient For QSRs

To help serve diners who crave convenience, restaurants and solution providers have started to test and grow their mobile ordering services. The...

WhatsApp Business Has More Than 5M Users

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Mobile Applications

WhatsApp Business Has More Than 5M Users

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, announced Thursday (Jan. 24) that more than five million businesses are using WhatsApp Business a year after...

Tackling Restaurant Food Waste With Mobile Apps

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Retail

Tackling Restaurant Waste With Mobile Apps

Restaurants often prepare too much food for the lunch or dinner rush, but startups are providing them with an avenue to market...

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Personnel

Snap’s CFO The Latest Executive To Leave

Snap, the struggling maker of the disappearing app Snapchat, saw its stock take a big hit after announcing its chief financial officer...

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Mobile Applications

WeChat Eyes Video Streaming, Satellite Apps

WeChat’s founder has revealed the company’s next moves as he admits that even the popular platform could potentially become obsolete. “WeChat will...

WhatsApp Offers Fingerprint Scanning for Android

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Authentication

WhatsApp To Include Fingerprint Scanning For Android Devices

WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is gearing up to add fingerprint scanning for Android devices. According to a report in Money...

Comcast Launches AI Cybersecurity Service

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Security & Fraud

Comcast Launches AI-Powered Cybersecurity Service

Comcast is releasing an artificial intelligence-powered service that will monitor, block and tell customers about online threats to devices connected to home...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Phillips, Honda Pair On In-Car Gas Payments

Phillips 66 has announced a partnership with Honda Developer Studio on an in-vehicle fuel payment integration service that enables Honda vehicle owners...

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Mobile Applications

MoviePass’ ‘Cancel Subscription’ Button Glitches For Users

Some customers of MoviePass, the company that charges a monthly fee to let users watch movies, have said they tried to cancel...

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Security & Fraud

Equifax Settles With NY AG Over App Security

The Office of the New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced late last week it reached settlements with five companies whose...

Propel Notches $12.8M In Series A Funding

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Investments

Propel Notches $12.8M In Series A Funding

To help low-income consumers get back on their feet, New York-based Propel has notched $12.8 million in Series A funding. Nyca Partners...

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Banking

Robinhood Launches Checking, Savings Account

Robinhood, the mobile investment app company, announced Thursday (Dec. 13) that it has launched Robinhood Checking & Savings, a new feature aimed...

Cardstream, Mastercard for UK Digital Payments

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Digital Payments

Mastercard, Cardstream Team To Promote UK Digital Payments

Cardstream, the U.K. provider of white-label payment software and services, announced on Tuesday (Dec. 11) the launch of a new initiative that is...

Stitch Fix Beats Estimates Amid App Efforts

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Retail

Stitch Fix Earnings: A Mixed Bag Amid App Efforts

Amid expansion in its selection and growth of data sets from its Style Shuffle game, Stitch Fix reported first-quarter fiscal year 2019...

MoneyGram Mobile App Hits Market in 15 Countries

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Mobile Applications

MoneyGram Mobile App Launches In 15 New Countries

MoneyGram, a global money transfer and payment service, has launched a new mobile app that is available in the U.S. and 14...

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Global Payments

Singtel Adds Payment Options To Dash; Metro Bank Upgrades Mobile App

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Singapore’s Singtel rollout of international payment...

How Five QSRs Tap Into an Order-Ahead Future

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Retail

How Five QSRs Are Tapping Into A Mobile Order-Ahead Future

For their mobile order-ahead offerings, some quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are choosing to team up with technology providers and other retailers, with the...

How Subscriptions May Propel App Store Growth

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Retail

How Subscriptions May Propel Atmospheric App Store Growth

“There’s an app for that,” the old digital adage goes, and shoppers seem to be taking note: Consumers’ spend in app stores...

Today In Data: Payments Convenience and Security

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Today In Data

Today In Data: Striking A Balance Between Convenience And Security

Keeping consumers happy enough to make them loyal customers is no easy task, particularly as the list of things they are looking...

vCom Enhances IT Spend Management Mobile App

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B2B Payments

vCom Enhances IT Spend Management Mobile Solution

IT spend management solutions provider vCom Solutions is upgrading its mobile app for iOS and Android devices, the company said this week....

Richemont Teams With Alibaba for Chinese Market

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Retail

Richemont Inks Deal With Alibaba To Access Chinese Consumers

Richemont, the owner of Cartier, is reportedly teaming up with Alibaba to try to make inroads into China’s eCommerce market, in which...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Shopping App Spring Acquired By Compass, ShopRunner

Shopping app Spring has been acquired by two companies: real estate startup Compass and Alibaba-backed shopping app ShopRunner. According to TechCrunch, Compass...

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Retail

Live Event Tickets, Subscription-Style

The subscription model has long brought consumers to movie theaters to spend a night out: MoviePass, for all of its recent challenges,...

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Retail

StyleBee Embraces Beauty On Demand

As is the case with many entrepreneurs, StyleBee’s Co-Founder Anna Santeramo was first and foremost solving her own problem with the business...

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Retail

Starbucks Sees Its Future In China

When it comes to planning for the future, Starbucks is focused on China. The company is building a new store in the...

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Retail

Menswear Brands Get An Online Spotlight With Deal-Of-The-Day Platforms

Small menswear brands, even some that are considered to be medium or large, might face a challenge when it comes to marketing:...

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Google

Google Assistant Can Now Book Users An Uber, Lyft Ride

Google Assistant can now help users book a car from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, GO-JEK and other ridesharing services. The feature, which...

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Facebook

Facebook Opens Online Dating Pilot

Excuse the brief descent into heartbreak, but for every online dating success story — Aren’t they so cute?!! How nice of them to...

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B2B Payments

PwC Debuts Small Biz Payment Reminder App With Bemo

One of the U.K.’s Big Four auditing firms, PwC, is teaming up with a small tech firm to make it easier for...

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B2B Payments

Xero Braces For Bank Integrations With New API

Small business accounting software provider Xero is bracing for a slew of bank and FinTech integrations with the launch of its Open...

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Gig Economy

Why Gig Workers Need Their Own Bank

Freelancing isn't all about being footloose and fancy-free. Navigating paperwork, banking and invoices has its challenges — especially in France. Fresh off a funding...

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Facebook

44 Percent Of Millennials Have Unfriended Facebook

Facebook is losing its luster with some of its customers, as Pew Research finds that a “significant” share of its users have...

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Investments

Messaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise

Japan’s LINE Corporation is raising around 148.1 billion yen ($1.33 billion) through convertible bonds so it can expand into the financial services...

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Mobile Applications

Weebly Unveils New Features For Mobile App

In an update to its standalone product, Weebly unveiled multiple eCommerce features for its mobile app. The rollout comes as Weebly seeks to...

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Security & Fraud

Air Canada Confirms Data Breach Of Mobile App

Air Canada, the Canadian airline operator, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday (August 29) that its mobile app suffered a data breach. According...

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Consumer Finance

Intuit’s Mint Updates iOS App With Data-Driven Insights

To offer users actionable advice, Intuit’s Mint is updating its personal finance iOS Mint app with added benefits, new design features and...

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eCommerce

Why Scandit Wants To Go Beyond The Barcode

Commerce is everywhere, which means barcodes are everywhere. Smart devices? They’re everywhere, too. Internet of Things (IoT) — well, by now, everything...

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Mobile Payments

GM, Shell And P97 Launch In-Dash Fuel Payments

Let’s just come out and say it: When it comes to the wide range of commerce activities, unless you’re a teenager with...

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Startup Check-In

DadeSystems: Single Sign-On Helps Companies Manage App Access

Mobile apps aren’t just about convenience: Business apps also handle sensitive information, such as checks, security and control over user access, which...