April 18, 2012
Square’s Valuation Could Be As High As $4 Billion
Square’s next round of capital raising could come at a valuation as high as $4 billion, sources tell All Things D. Rumors began circulating that Square was looking for another...
April 12, 2012
Lights, Camera, Payments! Square, LevelUp Film New Ads
This week, swipe-reader start-up Square did something never before done by Facebook — they ran a video ad on television. The video was spotted on Wednesday night by TechCrunch’s Leena...
April 11, 2012
Amazon, eBay Add Pinterest Buttons to Product Pages
Product pages at Amazon and eBay now include an option to share items on Pinterest. The button is small, down on the bottom right. But its neighbors on the page...
April 11, 2012
Ashton Kutcher is Dwolla’s Newest Backer
In February we learned that Union Square Ventures had stepped up as lead investor on a $5 million round of Series B financing for Dwolla, the Iowa-based payments network that...
April 10, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 10, 2012
PayPal Loses VP Product As Departures Continue
Sam Shrauger, vice president of global product and experience at PayPal, will resign from the firm. According to PayPal’s executive bios, Shrauger joined PayPal in 2004 as a founding member...
April 08, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 04, 2012
Square to be Cloned?
As Square continues to dominate the mobile payments sphere in the United States, a trio in Germany is looking to pull together a similar solution, according to a report by...
April 03, 2012
Google Wallet Buys TxVia, As Another Engineer Leaves
On the same day that Google Wallet announced the acquisition of TxVia, a mobile payment platform, another of its engineers has left the company. Rob von Behren, one of the...
The “2021 New Merchant Business Models Playbook,” done in collaboration with American Express, details how SMBs are innovating their business and payments models as they prepare for the new year.