In January of this year, I wrote a piece in which I said there were six things that would shape the direction of payments and commerce in 2016. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.” I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that...
Uber’s CEO is going to have to face the music — or, at the very least, hear it, for starters — regarding price-fixing allegations. Reuters reports that, on Thursday (March 31), a Manhattan judge denied Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s request for dismissal of a suit alleging that he...
Amazon is expanding its rush delivery service from an app to the Internet at large. Bloomberg reported on Friday (April 1) that the eCommerce giant plans to add its one- to two-hour delivery service, Prime Now — currently only available through a mobile application of the same...
The restaurant reservation app Reserve has picked up another tab, as it were. On Friday (April 1), the company announced — via a blog post written by CEO Greg Hong — that it has acquired the mobile dining app Dash. In explaining what drove Reserve to...
An international investigation into the allegedly corrupt practices of an oil company appears to have a caught a couple of big banks in its net. The Huffington Post reports that HSBC and Citibank were both essential players in facilitating contracts arranged by Unaoil — the Monaco-based...
Overstock’s CEO has a reputation for having an affinity for digital currency — which has been reflected in Overstock’s business plans — and now, the company has taken that vision a step further. The company announced late last week a $4 million investment in Bitt, a Caribbean-based...
The restaurant search app Zomato has found a new vertical for itself: point of sale. The Economic Times reports that the New Delhi-based startup is trying out a new, cloud-based point-of-sale product called Zomato Base. Specifically, the outlet describes Zomato Base as an Android-based POS...
With MasterCard’s announcement today of its partnership with World Vision, the company is moving forward in its quest to affect developmental and social outcomes in a commercially and operationally sustainable way. Tara Nathan, EVP, Public Private Partnerships at MasterCard, shares with MPD CEO Karen Webster...
As smaller firms look for growth both here and abroad, cash may be king — as in, currency for dealmaking via mergers and acquisitions. SunTrust President John Stallings gave some insight as to what that might mean for growth strategies (and B2B opportunities) going forward.
