ISIS mobile wallet- a joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless launched in November of 2013 — allows customers packing a NFC-enabled Android handset, a special SIM and the right app to make contactless payments at tens of thousands of merchant locations nationwide. The...
TripAdvisor and OpenTable beware, Yelp is releasing a new service that may soon be cutting into both companies consumer base. Yelp Reservations will allow customers to book a reservation directly from an eatery’s Yelp business listing on their mobile device or computer. Additionally, users will also...
Small and microbusinesses are vulnerable – especially when it comes to getting credit. And in the absence of traditional forms of credit, many turn to credit cards for working capital. But 46 percent of SMBs say they don’t or can’t. MasterCard and Corporation for Enterprise...
Casio has announced the introduction of two new POS touch terminals, the the V-R7000 and the V-R7100, that run both the Android OS and optional POS application software. Casio introduced the first complete Android POS terminal V-R 100 terminal. “Retailers, large and small, seek POS...
Travel booking site Orbitz has reported its first quarter 2014 results, which boast modest but solid growth. Orbitz’s adjusted growth rate in Q1 was $0.33 year-on-year to $ 28.7 million with room night growth of 12% and net revenue growth of 4%. The company attributes much...
Yogurty– a leading merchant of frozen yogurt so tasty that you won’t forget its not ice cream, but you also wont’ feel tricked into eating it–has announced an increase in mobile wallet integration just in time of the summer FroYo season. Yogurty’s mobile app lets...
How did Alibaba go from its humble roots as an idea cooked up in Jack Ma's apartment in 1999 to potentially the most humongous IPO in history in just 15 years? Very strategically, as it turns out. And, we’ve made it as easy as a...
VMware, Inc. announced that Navicure, Inc. a healthcare payment solutions provider for hospitals, physician practices and billing companies, is achieving faster product development times by reducing the time required to provision test and development environments. Navicure IT took a two-phased approach to streamlining that process from...
A recent study found that the fraudulent misinvoicing of trade in several African countries has resulted in the loss of tens of billions of U.S. dollars. The research shows that the tax authorities in five countries lacked the trade, tax and deals data to curb...
