PayPal is partnering with the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprises (raiSE) to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and social organizations transition to digital operations, The Business Times reported. According to report, PayPal has committed to initiatives including waiving processing fees for participating social entrepreneurs...
Mobile devices have become so much more since the quaint, early days when they were referred to as cell phones. Now, in addition to helping consumers keep in touch, mobile devices have grown into key commerce and payment tools, facilitating purchases through clouds and air...
Payments stocks showed an even keel this past week, generally split between winners and losers. The gains and losses were evenly distributed between the low single digits, percentage-wise. The biggest gains were notched by Net1 UEPS Technologies, Inc., which was up just under 4 percent....
Online gift card marketplace Raise is announcing the launch of their new mobile app for iOS and Android. Raise’s marketplace is home to 300 retail partners and 3,000 brands and serves approximately 2 million customers looking for discounted digital gift cards. The new app is...
October 09, 2017
Mobile devices have become so much more since the quaint, early days when they were referred to as cell phones. Now, in addition to helping consumers keep in touch, mobile devices have grown into key commerce and payment tools, facilitating purchases through clouds and air and at points of sale. In the October edition of […]
February 26, 2025
Raise secured $63 million in a funding round to accelerate its efforts to bring gift cards and loyalty programs on-chain. The company will use the new capital to further develop its blockchain-backed gift card program called Smart Cards and to expand its nonprofit coalition called the Retail Alliance Foundation, which aims to bring global retailers […]
May 24, 2017
Online gift card marketplace Raise is announcing the launch of their new mobile app for iOS and Android. Raise’s marketplace is home to 300 retail partners and 3,000 brands and...
November 12, 2014
Gift card marketplace Raise.com has pulled in $18.1 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, according to a report from Gigaom. The story points out that the deal includes BVP partner Jeremy...