French startup Lydia launched with a simple idea: become the alternative to Venmo for French users. The firm’s amibitions have expanded since launch, however, and nowadays users can also shop on eCommerce websites through Lydia. And the app is now ready to go on the Apple Watch, which...
New research released this week from eBay Enterprise shows that online retailers are poised for strong growth, and believe they are equipped to meet their customers’ eCommerce demands. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Microsoft’s future may include mobile payments, but that’s not what CEO Satya Nadella is worried about for the moment — his concern is surviving to get to that future. For that, the software giant’s Q1 results represented good news, beating analysts’ estimates and edging Microsoft...
Alibaba’s automotive business garage just got a bit bigger as the eCommerce giant announced yesterday (April 22) that it had secured partnerships with two key automotive groups: BMW MINI and Jaguar Land Rover. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
For Facebook, it would seem that ramping up its Buy button and Messenger Payments can’t come soon enough. As the social network’s user base continues to shift to mobile and expand into the rest of the world, advertising is no longer keeping pace with revenue...
Nearly two years ago, mobile transactions made up about 4 percent of Brazilian eCommerce. But by January of this year, they were approaching 10 percent, says Daniel Cohen, SVP of Emerging Payments for MasterCard Latin American and Caribbean, a compounded growth he called “impressive.” MPD...
HP and cybersecurity company FireEye are partnering to beef up HP’s security consulting business and give FireEye more global reach, the companies announced on Tuesday (April 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The US and Europe alone make up less than half of the global domestic market. While there are clear, significant opportunities for businesses’ cross-border growth, those opportunities also come with risks like taxes, fraud and varying rules and regulations that make the process a daunting...
Roughly 60 percent of Western Union’s customers are now migrants sending money back to their home countries — and the shape of that remittance business isn’t necessarily what many payments-industry people assume. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
