April 27, 2015
Who Won’t Win The Mobile Wallet “Wars” And Why

Blame it on the promotional run-up to the December 2015 release of Star Wars Episode 7, but the subject of the mobile wallet “wars” seems back in the news. And...

April 23, 2015
Facebook Needs Payments — But Where Are They?

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...

April 20, 2015
How To Make Discounting A Game Retailers Can Win

These days one can almost feel bad for the people who work hard to bring you television commercials each night. It is reportedly intensive, expensive, highly creative and very demanding...

April 19, 2015
US: Comcast will negotiate with officials to save merger

Comcast and Time Warner Cable will sit down with the Department of Justice officials this week in hopes of negotiating concessions and saving the $45.2 billion merger the Wall Street...

April 10, 2015
Carrier Billing Projected To Pull In $14B By 2019

Digital content paid for through carrier billing will generate more than $14 billion in revenue over the next five years, according to a new Juniper Research report. Much of the...

April 08, 2015
US: Oyster is launching online store to take on Amazon

Oyster is known as the “Netflix of books” for offering unlimited access to more than 1 million titles for $9.95 a month. Now it’s competing with Amazon by selling millions...

April 03, 2015
Japanese Markets, Swiss Banks and The Dark Web

Despite Japanese regulators’ criticism of bitcoin — and the potential looming ban of the cryptocurrency — the country’s largest eCommerce company, Rakuten has officially sealed the deal to help bitcoin acceptance evolve across its marketplace....

April 01, 2015
“It’s Hazy, Man.” How Google Actually Agreed To Buy Softcard

For those who have spent the last month or so wondering why exactly Google decided to purchase Softcard, there’s some good news and some bad news. The bad news: you...

March 31, 2015
US: Charter to buy cable operator Bright House for $10.4...

John Malone-backed Charter Communications said it would buy Bright House Networks in a $10.4 billion deal as it expands its cable network after losing out to Comcast Corp in a...