People who wanted to buy really bad stuff probably didn’t mind paying a premium to use bitcoin to do it. But, will the regular old mainstream consumer be as willing to pay more than the face value of the goods they are purchasing just to...
New HSBC service is designed to provide greater convenience and transparency in foreign cash management. An undisclosed German company’s Chinese subsidiary will deliver HSBC’s product to firms within the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Latin American countries are not usually thought of as payments technology, bellwethers. But, that all changed recently when the region surprised the world by being one of the first to mandate e-invoicing. Chile started the practice about a decade ago (albeit optional) and Brazil, Mexico...
Perhaps answering Chinese rival Alibaba’s participation in a $250 million funding round for ride-sharing service Lyfit, American e-commerce giant Amazon has proved that it an investment overseas too and reportedly paid $20 million for a minority stake in Yummy77, an online company that provides fresh food...
Long-time PayPal users may notice that something looks a little bit different when logging into their accounts to transact business. The online payments standard bearer announced a redesigned user experience on its blog last week, intended to help bring users of all kinds access to...
As summer looms and Americans contemplate vacations, there is a segment of the population on whom the charm of a hotel is lost. Until now, those whose preferences ran toward vacation home rental had a good deal of internet combing to do to find the...
One-time social commerce now general e-commerce player Groupon has yet another established e-commerce player in its sights. The evolving online “everything” store has already dipped its toe into competing directly with Amazon with its bulk shipping program. Now it is going after a slightly different...
i2c, Inc., a global provider of payment processing and e-commerce solutions, and Jifiti have announced that the physical-to-digital gifting site will use the i2c platform for open-loop prepaid processing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Going forward, merchants using the BlueSnap global payment gateway will have access to Avalara’s AvaTax capabilities. This will allow merchants to calculate the final tax amounts on international invoices from their existing workflow in an automated way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
