Procurement technology firm Xeeva has announced a new patent pertaining to enhanced spend analytics, the company said in a recent press release....
Credit data company FICO has secured five new patents related to fraud, artificial intelligence and analytics technologies, according to StreetInsider reports on...
Williams-Sonoma, a retail outlet that sells kitchenware and furnishings, has sued Amazon over a chair that is “strikingly similar” to the company’s...
Facebook thinks it can predict where users will go next and has filed patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
KuCoin, a digital currency exchange based in Singapore, has rolled out support for the trading of the Ripple XRP cryptocurrency, Cryptovest reported....
Bitcoin just had its worst month in seven years, dropping nearly $2,400 in price. According to Coindesk, the crypto started November at...
Contactless payment company Mobeewave announced the closing of a $16.5 million Series B funding round, led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay...
Bitmain, the Chinese digital currency mining firm, has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against a hacker identified as “John Doe”...
BitInfoCharts data has found that almost one in 10 bitcoin wallets have sat dormant for a year, MarketWatch reported. As of August,...
Nasdaq gained a patent for technology that would use blockchain to release time-sensitive information at the right moment, CoinDesk reported. As it...
Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in...
Mastercard has been awarded a patent for a proposed blockchain system that would support multiple types of currency. According to Coindesk, the...
Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web...
Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage. In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings. Crypto crackdown aside,...
China is striving to curb cryptos, and speculation -- with nascent adoption of blockchain in financial services and beyond. Might "smart banking"...
Much has been made about cryptocurrencies and the speculation that has marked trading activity in that arena. Much has been made about...
Capital One, the national bank, filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last June to use blockchain for securing...
Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, has snagged a patent that looks to bring a measure of security to payments done over bitcoin. As...
Digital data is one thing, and mobile apps do pretty well in appealing to high-value customers, but integration is the real trick....
Barclays filed two applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on Thursday (July 19), reports in CoinDesk said. Both applications relate...
American Express has filed another patent related to blockchain-powered payments, CCN reported. The filing relates to blockchain-based proof-of-payment technology, marking the latest...
As Facebook continues its forays into commerce, the company has filed a patent for a messaging bot that enables users to pay...
In an effort that could lead to greater efficiency and lower prices, Walmart is looking into a system that would let households...
A recently filed federal lawsuit over remote deposit capture technology (RDC) could signal the start of a wider patent-infringement struggle among banks,...
To verify payment cards at the point of sale (POS), Mastercard is looking into blockchain technology. In a filing with the U.S....
Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). A...
To store payment data, Walmart may be looking to the blockchain. The retailer drafted two patent applications that reference a platform powered by...
Amazon has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace offering real-time cryptocurrency transaction data. The patent, which was granted to...
Amazon was just awarded a patent for a drone that will use recognition of human gestures and voice commands to deliver packages....
Though you couldn’t tell on the East Coast this week — following the latest round of blizzard-y weather — spring has officially sprung. And...
American Express has reportedly filed a patent related to faster payments and blockchain technology, reports in CoinDesk said. The U.S. Patent and...
Walmart wants to make online food shopping easier by creating clearer images of the products consumers are looking to buy. Today, stock images...
Facebook may be gunning to introduce facial recognition software for in-store payments at retail locations, as presaged by a patent application published Thursday (Nov....
Qualcomm and Apple continue their legal battles. This time, Qualcomm has filed lawsuits in China to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones...
Protecting data online is an enormous task and responsibility. With the amount of sensitive consumer and enterprise data exchanges occurring every second,...
Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is heating up. The Alphabet Inc.-owned self-driving car startup is suing the ride-hailing giant alleging theft of trade...
Expensify has filed a lawsuit against its T&E competitor Abacus Labs alleging patent infringement. Expensify published a blog post Friday (June 2)...
Amazon, the eCommerce giant in the U.S., has received a patent for a shipping label that can be embedded in a parachute...
Walmart has filed a patent application (as late as October 2016) that would create an IoT platform that would help track product...
Startup companies are formed every day, and with that there comes concerns over intellectual property. To help protect startups, Intertrust Technologies Corporation...
Snap, the operator of the Snapchat messaging app, has spent $7.7 million to acquire a critical patent for geofilters. According to a...
Amazon is known as the king of eCommerce. From jewelry to books and household cleaning products, there’s little that can’t be bought...
According to a patent filed by the Disney Enterprises group, the company’s theme park visitors might soon come face to face with...
If innovation is the lifeblood of tech and of commerce in general, patents are the lifeblood of less than savory characters known...
One of Apple’s patent applications for a biometrics reader using fingerprints that would be used in future iPhone models has been approved by...
Apple received a patent on Tuesday (Jan. 24) from the U.S. Patent Office for a modular accessories system for the Apple Watch...
Soon, online payments might get more frictionless. Amazon’s patent on its 1-Click payment system will expire this year, meaning online buyers could...
Amazon has reportedly been awarded a design patent that makes it easier for consumers to choose between buying someone a gift or...
Today marks a new turn in the seemingly unending patent war between Apple and Samsung. The Supreme Court sided with Samsung, ruling...
Apple’s latest patent shows its innovation is taking on a new shape. The shopping bag. The tech giant submitted a patent application...