May 01, 2012
Court finds Energy Watch engaged in misleading advertising
The Federal Court has found that Energy Watch had engaged in a misleading advertising campaign for its energy price comparison service. From January to September 2011, Energy Watch had run...
April 29, 2012
Aeroports de Paris’ 38 percent stake in TAV approved by...
Turkey’s Competition Authority approved Aéroports de Paris’ (ADP) purchase of a 38 percent stake in Turkish airport operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding. The $874 million deal is ADP’s largest purchase abroad....
April 26, 2012
O2 Launches Mobile Wallet ― But NFC Comes Later
The new mobile wallet smartphone app from O2 offers a wealth of payment options to users — but not NFC compatibility, Finextra reports. P2P payments, barcode searches for online price...
April 25, 2012
NFC? Not Again! More on the Card Industry’s “Betamax”
Okay, Nick Holland – I’ve taken the bait. Your NFC media advisory today refuting the notion that NFC isn’t to cards what Betamax was to video was simply too good...
April 24, 2012
NFC? Not Again! More on the Card Industry’s “Betamax”
Okay, Nick Holland – I’ve taken the bait. Your NFC media advisory today refuting the notion that NFC isn’t to cards what Betamax was to video was simply too good...
April 24, 2012
Is Facebook a Massive Payments Company?
You’d think so given its amended S-1. It is on track to earn almost $1 billion from payments in 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 it earned $186 million...
April 24, 2012
Is Facebook a Massive Payments Company?
You’d think so given its amended S-1. It is on track to earn almost $1 billion from payments in 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 it earned $186 million...
April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 12, 2012
Whatever Happened to…ShopSavvy?
Who is this we’re talking about? ShopSavvy is a barcode scanner for your smartphone. Available on Android, Blackberry, and iOS devices, ShopSavvy uses the information conveyed through the barcode to...