E-Commerce

03 Oct 13 @ 16:00

According to a recent report from the US Census Bureau, 6% of all retail sales are conducted digitally, up nearly 200% since Q1 2004. Rising to this challenge, Visa, MasterCard and... read more

23 Sep 13 @ 11:41

Over the next five years, e-retail is set to grow by almost 50% and be worth over £50 billion in 2018, when one pound in every seven spent on retail... read more

20 Sep 13 @ 11:31

France’s state-owned postal bank, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale are hoping to counter already dominant players such as eBay’s PayPal by teaming up to launch an electronic payments (e-payments) service. The... read more

02 Sep 13 @ 17:03

The eCommerce division of WorldPay has announced significant growth across all product groups with transaction volumes up 45% compared to the first half of 2012. In the first half of 2013,... read more

20 Aug 13 @ 17:35

American payments start-up Stripe has officially launched in the UK and is now setting its sights on mainland Europe. Stripe provides merchants with an API that they can embed into... read more

22 Jul 13 @ 01:49

Sina, the Chinese tech giant behind microblogging platform Sina Weibo, announced that it will roll out an online banking platform in September. According to the Beijing News (h/t via Tech in Asia) the new... read more

28 May 13 @ 00:00

Global payments provider, DataCash has announced that it is partnering with Redecard to provide the most complete e-commerce solution in Brazil, E-commerce Redecard. The partnership will result in a state of... read more

14 May 13 @ 00:00

According to the latest research from Ukash, the online cash payment provider, a third of online shoppers would prefer to be able to use cash when buying from websites. Interestingly,... read more

02 May 13 @ 00:00

Amazon has just announced the Amazon Coin, a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon App store. The service will... read more

16 Apr 13 @ 00:00

WorldPay and Intershop, a leading provider of state-of-the-art eCommerce solutions have announced an agreement which will see WorldPay services integrated with the Intershop 7 platform. The integration will provide retail merchants... read more

09 Apr 13 @ 00:00

IDC Financial Insights today announced the availability of a new report, “Business Strategy: Mapping the e-Wallet Landscape”. Referred to variously as digital wallets, mobile wallets, or mobile payments, e-wallets can... read more

04 Apr 13 @ 00:00

Visa Europe today confirms that Global Payments will be the second card payments processor to support the launch of the V.me by Visa digital wallet service in the UK. Global... read more