Stripe, the digital payments company, has its sights on global ambitions as it looks to soon launch in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, the International Business Times reported yesterday (June 15). John Collison, Stripe’s co-founder, recently spoke at MoneyConf in Belfast, Ireland, about the company’s plans to...
Brooklyn-based arts and crafts marketplace Etsy is adding something new to their platform to live alongside the custom-made mohair hamster sweaters now on offer. Later today (June 16), Etsy enthusiasts may see a pilot program launch that will allow sellers to raise money on the...
Although Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had already announced internally at the end of last year that he would soon leave his post, Costolo’s resignation yesterday was anything but expected. Twitter is overflowing with #ThankYouDickC tributes by colleagues still in shock. Two years of stalled user...
The day that consumers will be able to buy goods they see advertised on Facebook is closer than ever. After testing its “buy” button, Facebook wants to expand to retailers on Shopify, reports TechCrunch. How does it work? Shopify merchants who run Facebook pages can...
When Lilly Pulitzer released an exclusive line for Target in April, the entire collection sold out at some physical locations within hours. Good for the designer, good for the store, good for the buyers. A resultant Target website crash aside, good for everybody…right? “No target...
Just days ago, the public got its first look at Pinterest’s “Buy Button.” And yesterday (June 2), Pinterest introduced the concept of Buyable Pins — which will turn the site shoppable. This week’s MIT’s EmTech Digital conference has paved the way for the world to better...
Payment tech entrepreneurs, start (up) your engines and head for New York. MasterCard announced today (May 27) that it will be hosting the New York edition of Startupbootcamp’s FastTrack event at the MasterCard Tech Hub in Manhattan on June 1. As noted in a blog...
Photo-sharing service Snapchat is investing in Spring, a shopping app launched in August 2014, according to a May 22 story from Re/code. Only three weeks ago, Spring closed a $25 million investment and — after eight months iOS-only — launched an Android version of its...
Two’s company; three or more might just bring justice for the public interest. That’s the thinking behind CrowdJustice, a London-based startup that hopes to bring the benefits of crowdfunding to legal cases that would otherwise struggle to raise financial backing. Julia Salasky, an attorney who...
