One of the things that got us thinking that B2B innovation was the “next big thing” in payments, is the amount of investment and energy being funneled into solving the problems with businesses paying each other. So, we thought it would be fun to track...
The new start-up will offer an online marketplace for free second-hand items.
According to a new report by the Federal Reserve, pay cards are American’s favorite form of non-cash payment. 67 percent of all non-cash purchases were made on pay cards in 2012, up from only 43 percent in 2003. Within the pay cards family, debit cards...
Crowdfunding is getting an upper class make-over with the announcement by the Carlton Group that they are launching a new global real estate crowdfunding platform and website that will give high income investors a chance to buy into what is reportedly almost $1 billion in high-yielding, cash-flowing CRE investments. “We’ve...
The company reported that there was a 40 percent drop in revenue.
The company is adding a voice search for hotel and flight searches for Android phones.
Mixed reviews on job growth, D-day for tax time and rising food prices all played a part in how consumers felt about their finances earlier this month – and spending. New reports on consumer confidence don’t exactly show a happy-go-lucky consumer for the second month...
In an unusual move that highlights what a force Alibaba has become on the global eCommerce scene, British luxury brand Burberry has opened a virtual storefront on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Tmall shopping site. The move allows Burberry to stake its claim in the highly lucrative...
New research from Nielsen shows that 70 percent of Americans now own smartphones, including those elder Boomers 55 and older. Is this the missing link that we need in the US to ignite the mobile-payments market?
