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Singapore Regulators Propose Allowing Banks To Invest In Non-Financial Businesses
Singapore Regulators Propose Allowing Banks To Invest In Non-Financial Businesses
June 28, 2017  |  eCommerce

Singapore regulators have proposed rules that will make it easier for banks to conduct or invest in non-financial businesses, such as eCommerce and digital payment...

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Western Union Launches Updated WU GlobalPay For Students Platform
Western Union Launches Updated WU GlobalPay For Students Platform
June 28, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Global payments services company Western Union recently announced the launch of its enhanced WU GlobalPay for Students product. The offering will enable academic institutions to better reconcile,...

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Facebook Has Hit The 2 Billion Active Users Mark
Facebook Has Hit The 2 Billion Active Users Mark
June 28, 2017  |  Social Commerce

This morning, as billions of people are waking up and logging into Facebook, they are getting a gander at Facebook’s latest celebratory milestone in the...

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IBM Is In D.C. Making The Case Why AI Won’t Destroy Mankind
IBM Is In D.C. Making The Case Why AI Won’t Destroy Mankind
June 28, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

IBM is in Washington, D.C., this week to make the case to federal government officials that artificial intelligence isn’t going to steal jobs from humans....

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Square UK Teams Up With Vend, TouchBistro
Square UK Teams Up With Vend, TouchBistro
June 28, 2017  |  Payment Methods

The U.K. is learning that it’s hip to be Square. California-based Square was founded in 2009 to enable small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to accept...

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Visa Invests Undisclosed Amount In Klarna
Visa Invests Undisclosed Amount In Klarna
June 28, 2017  |  News

Global card network Visa has officially announced as of yesterday (June 27) news that it will be investing an undisclosed amount in Klarna AB, the payments technology...

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Square Is Eyeing Consumer Lending
Square Is Eyeing Consumer Lending
June 28, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

Square’s quest to evolve past its original incarnation as a payments processing firm for small merchants is apparently set to expand into consumer lending.  According...

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Amazon’s Distribution Tech to Revamp Whole Foods?
Amazon’s Distribution Tech to Revamp Whole Foods?
June 27, 2017  |  Retail

Let the speculation games begin. Now that the waters have calmed after Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods, many are beginning to wonder how the...

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Tesco Launches One-Hour Grocery Delivery in London
Tesco Launches One-Hour Grocery Delivery in London
June 27, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon is pushing full throttle into the grocery industry, but it’s not without competitors on its heels. Central London is the next place to have...

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