Acquiring
U.S.-based fleet management firm Acquired by Micronet
May 20, 2014

Israel-based supplier of ruggedized mobile data terminals Micronet has completed an agreement to acquire the mobile resource management/fleet management division of Beijer Electronics. Micronet will buy all related intellectual property, product rights, customer base, sales and marketing network, and technical support, as well as production facilities. With...

B2B Payments
6Sense Comes Out Of Stealth With $12 Million In First Round Funding
May 20, 2014

6Sense wants to help sales forces more effectively predict their leads, specifically the company hopes to offer the kind of predictive lead scoring that will allow a salesforce to determine what types of leads are the most likely to buy. That doesn’t make them terribly...

B2B Payments
Olset Raises $1.1 Million To Make Business Travel More Personal
May 20, 2014

OLSET wants to make travel better for the business people who have the duty of planning their own travel through online sites, and they have $1.1 million in new seed funding to make that happen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

B2B Payments
India’s B2B Graveyard
May 20, 2014

The good news for Indian tech start-ups that they are leveraging the cloud to offer services that range from ERP and CRM solutions to data storage to developer platforms. Even better news, the world - particularly the parts inhabited by venture capitalists - are starting...

News
LifeLock Pulls mWallet Over Security Concerns
May 20, 2014

LifeLock has pulled its mobile wallet after concerns surfaced that certain aspects of the app may not be fully compliant with payment card industry (PCI) security standards. The online security company has removed the app from the Apple, Google and Amazon app stores as a...

Alternative Finances
MoneyGram’s New U.S.-Mexico Channel
May 20, 2014

MoneyGram users who wish to transfer money to Mexico can look forward to much faster processing times. The international money transfer and payment services company has announced a new U.S. – Mexico channel than can move money cross-border from user to user in just 30 minutes....

Apple’s Angela Ahrendts To Focus On China And Mobile Payments
May 20, 2014

Three weeks into her tenure as Apple’s head of retail, Angela Ahrendts is outlining a three-part strategy for Apples retail future. It includes a stonger emphasis on China as a market, mobile payments, and revamping the end-to-end sales experience at brick-and-mortar Apple stores. Get the Full...

Financial Inclusion
Mobile Commerce Security is the Name of the Game
May 20, 2014

Coupons, rewards, and data oh my! These startups are in the business of keeping customers and other businesses secure while they enjoy the benefits of mobile commerce. Find out who got what and how much.

Cool
Bitnet Launches As “New” Kind of Bitcoin Rails
May 20, 2014

What do a couple of ex-Visa/CyberSource guys see in bitcoin? Well, plenty, which is why they've launched Bitnet today. Bitnet will act as a third party mediator in vendor-consumer bitcoin transactions, taking what CEO John McDonnell says is the "mystery and risk" out of bitcoin...