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Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup

Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
January 16, 2018  |  Partnerships

Instacart is getting into the business of letting grocers create their own mobile apps with its acquisition of Unata, a Canadian company that offers a...

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Amazon Sold $11 Million Of Whole Foods Groceries In 2017
Amazon Sold $11 Million Of Whole Foods Groceries In 2017
January 16, 2018  |  Amazon

Whole Foods’ private-label brand is aiding sales at Amazon’s online grocery delivery service, AmazonFresh, which were up 35 percent to $135 million in the last...

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Bitcoin Drops To Four-Week Low On Crackdown Concerns
Bitcoin Drops To Four-Week Low On Crackdown Concerns
January 16, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin dropped 14 percent Tuesday, hitting its lowest point in a month and trading at below $12,000 a unit as concerns are popping up that...

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Holiday eCommerce Fraud Attempts Jumped In 2017
Holiday eCommerce Fraud Attempts Jumped In 2017
January 16, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Attempts to commit online fraud jumped during the holiday season, increasing 22 percent from Thanksgiving to December compared to a year ago. Get the Full...

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Apple Unblocks Tipping Ban On WeChat
Apple Unblocks Tipping Ban On WeChat
January 16, 2018  |  Apple

WeChat’s nearly 1 billion users will soon be able to resume sending tip-style gifts on their iPhones, thanks to a recent deal between Apple and...

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iPhone 7 Sells Big In China
iPhone 7 Sells Big In China
January 16, 2018  |  Apple

New data shows that Apple’s iPhone 7 was the only foreign model to make it on China’s list of top 10 best-selling handsets for 2017....

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Blackhawk Network, QR Codes Power Alipay At US POS
Blackhawk Network, QR Codes Power Alipay At US POS
January 16, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Blackhawk Network, the financial technology company, and Alipay, the digital payment service operated by Ant Financial Services Group, have inked a partnership to expand the...

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Germany Talks Tough On Bitcoin Regulation
Germany Talks Tough On Bitcoin Regulation
January 16, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

With regulators around the world calling for rules and laws governing trading in cryptocurrency, a director of Germany’s central banks said rules have to be...

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