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Singles’ Day Didn’t Come To The US But Black Friday Is Going To China
November 21, 2014

Big U.S. retailers are hoping affluent Chinese shoppers will join the Black Friday frenzy next week — with a lot of help from Alibaba. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

BlueSnap, First Data Partner For Better Global Payments Processing
November 20, 2014

BlueSnap announced Thursday (Nov. 20) that it had formed a new partnership with First Data to process payments around the world in a manner that provides secure cross-border payment capabilities for BlueSnap’s eCommerce merchants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

International
Russian Shoppers To Double Ecommerce Spending
November 20, 2014

Russian shoppers are expected to spend up to $5.1 billion this year on foreign commerce websites, twice as much as they spent in 2013, The Paypers reported on Wednesday (Nov. 19), quoting the Moscow Times and news agency RBC. Get the Full Story Complete the...

PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker | November 8-15
November 19, 2014

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Europe
iBeacon Alternative AllUnite Gets $3.7m To Expand
November 19, 2014

Danish startup AllUnite, which lets retailers offers ad-supported free Wi-Fi in their stores, plans to add 50 new markets in 50 weeks with its €3 million ($3.76 million) in new funding, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

International
Alibaba Makes It Australian Move
November 19, 2014

Right after its executives signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement on Monday (Nov. 17), Alibaba held a briefing in Melbourne to promise to bring far more Australian “products, brands and businesses” to China’s online shoppers through both Alipay and the Taobao Marketplace, Forbes is reporting....

Why Global Financial Inclusion Programs Fail
November 18, 2014

For well over a decade, players across the payments space and all around the world have been trying to crack the code on delivering mobile financial services to the un-and-underbanked consumer. And despite many great ideas and the urgent need to move those without bank...

Pressure Packs Too Much On Alibaba’s Jack Ma
November 18, 2014

As a company that went public just a few months ago, Alibaba continued to show its strength when it shattered sales records on Nov. 11 with Singles’ Day sales of $9.34 billion. But that’s not enough to make Alibaba Founder and Chairman Jack Ma happy,...

Mobile Payment Startup Taps Into Indian Villages
November 18, 2014

Ezetap, a mobile payment startup, wants to connect small Indian villages with business and is using its mPoS to do so, Business Standard reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...