India’s eCommerce leader Snapdeal has entered the personal financial service industry. In an announcement made Tuesday (March 31), the firm revealed that it had acquired a majority stake in financial product distribution platform RupeePower, allowing Snapdeal to add personal finance services into its existing platform...
App revenue per device will grow by 2.5 times by 2018, with freemium apps and in-app advertising driving most of the growth, a new report from App Annie and IDC is projecting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
While cybercriminals grow increasingly businesslike, too many U.S. businesses aren’t covering the basics for data security, Visa’s risk chief told a conference last week in Washington, D.C., according to American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Borrowing by small businesses in the U.S. is up by 7 percent from a year ago, a sign of steadily improving business conditions, according to data from a monthly private survey released on Tuesday (March 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Less than a week after Amazon was reported to be working on a $2.2 billion deal to buy luxury eCommerce retailer Net-a-Porter, Italian online fashion retailer YOOX announced it will merge with Net-a-Porter instead, the companies said on Tuesday (March 31). Get the Full Story...
U.S. eCommerce sales still lead the Western world with projected annual revenue of $349 billion, compared with $254 billion for eight surveyed European countries, according to a study released Tuesday (March 31) by the U.K.-based Centre for Retail Research and commissioned by RetailMeNot. Get the...
Japan-based Panasonic has spent the last few years restructuring its business in an effort to boost profits, and had set a target of more than $1.6 billion in revenue, a goal the company recently acknowledged as unconvincing to many analysts. Get the Full Story Complete...
Europe may be the world’s capital for the alternative finance industry, taking advantage of a new lending market to prop up its small- and medium-sized businesses, but this environment could take a turn for the worse if Europe’s economy goes south. Get the Full Story...
When industry experts think of eCommerce in Asia, most would likely first think of China, where Alibaba reigns supreme. But Singapore has its own expanding digital commerce market, and one B2B eCommerce startup is working to put Singapore on the map in the industry. Get...
