acquisitions

Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
January 22, 2018  |  Retail

Charles Babbage is considered “the father of the computer.” But it was Lord Byron’s daughter, the mathematician Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm that...

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Worldpay’s Plan For Payments
Worldpay’s Plan For Payments
January 22, 2018  |  Retail

Technology services, merchant services, payments processing: These terms woefully minimize the range of needs merchants face in today’s mobile, digital world — and they often...

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Integrated Payments: Beyond The Buzzword
Integrated Payments: Beyond The Buzzword
January 19, 2018  |  Payment Methods

  Integrated payments seem to be the feature every business wants to add and every software company wants to advertise, and it’s true that they’re...

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Grab Grabs Digital Payment Startup iKaaz
Grab Grabs Digital Payment Startup iKaaz
January 18, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Grab, the Southeast Asia ridesharing company, has inked a deal to acquire iKaaz, the mobile payment startup hailing from India. According to news from TechCrunch, under...

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Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game
Flywire’s OnPlan Acquisition Ups The Healthcare, Tuition Payments Game
January 18, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

What do the health care and education segments have in common? They both have customers who must make large payments prior to receiving services, such...

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PayPal CEO On Retail’s “Defining Moment”
PayPal CEO On Retail’s “Defining Moment”
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Whole Food Markets will go down as a defining moment in retail – one that PayPal CEO Dan Schulman likened to...

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Leveraging The Real Advantage Of Real World Commerce
Leveraging The Real Advantage Of Real World Commerce
January 15, 2018  |  Retail

“I’ve been on Amazon a lot and never smelled a pork loin.” Such is the advantage that Ace Hardware brings to the marketplace in a...

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Kroger Explores Boxed Acquisition
Kroger Explores Boxed Acquisition
January 15, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Kroger, the grocery store chain operator that is struggling to compete with Amazon now that it owns Whole Foods Market, is considering buying the online...

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SAP Gives Concur A Rebrand Boost
SAP Gives Concur A Rebrand Boost
January 04, 2018  |  B2B Payments

SAP is rebranding the travel and expense management company, Concur, following an acquisition of the firm in 2014. An announcement made Wednesday (Jan. 3) said...

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