If there ever was a sector screaming for modernization—and especially mobilization—it would be vending machines. The potential to know inventory in advance, to know which of the 10 machines nearby have three of the desired item you and your friends want, to be able to...
News broke yesterday about Amazon’s plans to sell a branded dongle at Staples, making it the 123rd player to enter this very croweded space. But while a giant player could become a powerful new entrant, SMBs are starting to show a change of heart towards...
TGI Friday’s wants to help consumers get in and out of their restaurants a little faster, and is using QR codes to do it. As part of a series of upgrades to facilities in select locations across the nation, Friday’s has added scannable QR codes...
A recent FICO survey found that 91 percent of those surveyed were happy to receive automated messages to verify purchases with their payment cards, FICO’s Philip Doyle reported in the credit-scoring company’s Banking Analytics Blog. Almost as many (89 percent) said automated confirmation increased their...
Amazon on Wednesday (Aug. 13) introduced its own mPOS package—to be called Amazon Local Register—and focused on the tune it knows that SMB retailers want to hear: lower merchant fees than Square and PayPal Here. Amazon is in an awkward position, in that it is seen as...
Preparing to leverage its success in the taxicab arena, Uber is preparing a public API that would allow developers to throw a similar “request button” on an unlimited number of apps, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Aug. 12). The story points out that this isn’t Uber’s first...
Rocket Internet’s FoodPanda food delivery service has pulled in another $60 million in a new round of funding. The investment, which was announced on Monday (Aug. 11), came from new investor Falcon Edge Capital along with Rocket Internet AG. This series D round brings FoodPanda’s...
Online bridal boutique Weddington Way has closed on another $9 million in funding, the retailer said Monday (Aug. 11). The investment round bring the company’s total funding to $11.5 million, TechCrunch reported. The Series A round was led by Javelin Venture Partners, while existing investors...
One might think that iZettle gets tired of being called the “European version of Square.” Sure—they are both leading mobile point of sale systems that bring the wonders of credit card acceptance to small businesses, but the comparisons are seemingly unending. Running a Google News...
