Alibaba Group launched the roadshow for its $24 billion initial public offering in New York on Monday (Sept. 8). But although China’s e-commerce giant has updated its IPO filing six times since May, there are still unanswered questions, according to a Wall Street Journal blog....
Entrepreneurs are prepared for a world where no one buys their product and they go out of business. Somewhat harder to accept is a world where ones product is bought, and they still go out of business because the 30, 60 or even 90 day...
Monday (Sept. 8), Chinese tech giant Alibaba kicks off its IPO roadshow as it tries to persuade prominent investors to jump into an IPO that will almost certainly become one of the largest in history. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Canada’s government is pushing Visa, MasterCard and banks to accept lower interchange fees paid by Canadian retailers, which the government claims are currently among the highest in the world, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Sept. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
For farmers across the developing world, being trapped in a cash-based economy is costly. Those costs come in all forms—what commodity buyers farmers can work with, security risks associated with constantly carrying around large wads of currency, the unpredictable price fluctuation and pressure to produce...
Alibaba’ payments arm Alipay has partnered up with Chinese handset maker Huawei to help consumers have mobile payments literally at their fingertips. The companies are working to create a mobile payments system that uses the fingerprint reader to be built into Huawei’s forthcoming Mate 7...
Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Get the...
Micronesia’s Division of Procurement and Supply announced this week that government agencies have until September 15 to sign contracts for projects, issue requests for proposals and requests for purchase of supplies and equipment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
