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Snapchat Could Raise As Much As $4 Billion In IPO
Snapchat Could Raise As Much As $4 Billion In IPO
October 28, 2016  |  IPO

Snapchat is reportedly aiming to raise as much as $4 billion in an initial public offering. According to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the...

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Accertify And Signifyd Announce Integration Partnership
Accertify And Signifyd Announce Integration Partnership
October 28, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Accertify and Signifyd, two providers of eCommerce fraud solutions for merchants, announced Thursday (Oct. 27) an agreement under which Accertify will integrate Signifyd’s service into...

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US Government Indicts Twenty People Over IRS Scams
US Government Indicts Twenty People Over IRS Scams
October 28, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impersonation scams have been hurting U.S. taxpayers for years, and now, government officials are announcing that 20 people in the U.S....

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Global ATM Market Set To Reach $24.92 Billion By 2022
Global ATM Market Set To Reach $24.92 Billion By 2022
October 28, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The global ATM market is expected to reach $24.92 billion by 2022, according to a new study by Grand View Research. In a press release highlighting...

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Amazon Earnings Disappoint Investors
Amazon Earnings Disappoint Investors
October 28, 2016  |  Amazon

Amazon’s had an interesting year. The first six months of the year, Amazon opened three new warehouses worldwide. Between July 1 and today (Oct. 28), it opened...

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Amazon Lays Plans For Up To 2,000 Grocery Stores
Amazon Lays Plans For Up To 2,000 Grocery Stores
October 28, 2016  |  Amazon Commerce

The tech giant may be heading into the brick-and-mortar grocery business. According to internal documents viewed by Business Insider, the company is outlining plans for...

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DLT, Moving Beyond The Testing Stage
DLT, Moving Beyond The Testing Stage
October 28, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Distributed ledger technology is still in its nascent stages. What will it take for financial institutions to embrace DLT more fully? Caitlin Long, president and...

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On-Demand Marketplaces’ New International Playbook
On-Demand Marketplaces’ New International Playbook
October 28, 2016  |  International

Barriers to entry stymie even the best on-demand marketplace's international expansion, Hyperwallet SVP Michael Ting told Karen Webster. Ting offers new insight on why these...

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