While using location tech to up conversion rates is by no means a new or unheard-of notion, the former Googlers behind Ubimo are looking to take that further by adding user data to some other data points – weather, local events, etc. – to make ads...
To everyone’s surprise, sales in the U.K. have boomed in May and are expected to hit their highest level in more than 26 years in June, according to Reuters. Retailers’ overall assessment of the business situation improved to +20, the highest since last August and up...
Xapo — a bitcoin services company based in Palo Alto that is in the midst of relocating its headquarters and operations to Switzerland — announced yesterday (May 26) that its board of directors has taken on several new members, including former Visa and Citibank executives...
Google wants to get as many as 20 million small and medium businesses in India onto the Internet over the next few years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Some British customers of Uber’s ridesharing app have claimed that money has been taken from accounts for rides they never took – a claim that has spurred U.S. authorities to look into how those users have been charged by the service. Get the Full Story...
“Say cheese?” The central bank in China says “no dice” — at least for new customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
The National Security Agency, along with several U.S. allies, developed a covert plan to hack smartphones using Samsung and Google apps. The intelligence efforts – which sought to infect those apps with spyware in an effort to monitor and “misinform” targets – were disclosed Thursday...
For its next sales push, Tmall is taking things worldwide. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...
Concerns over human and drug trafficking have led some big banks to make an extreme move in an attempt to avoid illegal money that is flowing over the border (or, more accurately, crawling under the border in dozens of long underground tunnels) and ending up...
