Visa is getting serious about getting cardholders to sign up for its Visa Checkout mobile payments platform. The card brand unveiled a massive promotional campaign this week that includes giving away pizza and flowers, all in an effort to get customers to register their Visa...
McDonald’s has set a Sept. 15 deadline to have new point-of-sale equipment installed and employees trained for a contactless payment system that uses near-field communication (NFC), according to Mobile Commerce Daily. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Barclaycard and U.K. mobile operator Orange are shutting down their Quick Tap mobile NFC payments service on Oct. 30, according to Finextra. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Rocket Internet, the Samwer brothers’ startup incubator, is combining five of its regional ecommerce companies into a single business, Rocket announced on Thursday (Sept. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Subscription fast-fashion retailer JustFab is now a billion-dollar business. The startup now reportedly has a $1 billion valuation after closing an $85 million funding round in late August, the Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Apple has reportedly negotiated deals with several leading issuers to extend card present rates to Apple for all transactions involving their cards with Apple’s new mobile payments scheme. On top of that concession, they have agreed to give Apple back part of the card present...
Karl Hannaford of USP Packaging has had his share of success, having for years provided disposable catering products and tamper-evident containers to UK food businesses. However, the United Kingdom-based company’s bank reportedly turned down his request to finance the launch of a new range of...
U.S. international trade in goods and services in July showed a slight deficit improvement from June, with growth in exports outpacing an increase in imports, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Get the Full Story Complete the...
For farmers across the developing world, being trapped in a cash-based economy is costly. Those costs come in all forms—what commodity buyers farmers can work with, security risks associated with constantly carrying around large wads of currency, the unpredictable price fluctuation and pressure to produce...
