E-Commerce

28 Aug 14 @ 12:16

With tech giant Apple positioning itself to enter the mobile payment space, interest has been piqued by a recent digital wallet patent application that has just been made public. The... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:09

Digital currency processor GoCoin has announced a partnership with Apriva, a major payment processor, to enable bitcoin payments for more than 1,000 clients of Apriva. GoCoin is the first payment... read more

28 Aug 14 @ 12:05

Visa has announced that its Visa Checkout e-commerce service is now available at nearly 4 million US online retailers. The Visa Checkout service incorporates a ‘Checkout’ button into retailer websites,... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:59

New Zealand’s Westpac Bank will integrate its online banking platform with start-up Moven’s mobile money management tool to enable customers manage their money through their smartphones, tablets or desktop. Moven,... read more

26 Aug 14 @ 10:55

Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly linking up with payments start-up Stripe to launch an ‘in-tweet’ e-commerce purchase feature, enabling users to enter payment information without leaving the site. Twitter is... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 11:47

Online auction house eBay is considering selling its PayPal unit next year, according to media reports. Tech site ‘The Information’ stated that during interviews for the vacant position of president... read more

22 Aug 14 @ 11:01

Payments Cards & Mobile is one of the featured contributors to a new CNN article examining new cashless payment technology including contactless cards and mobile payments. The article, which is... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:07

PayPal has launched a new mobile ap product, One Touch, for merchants and app developers. One Touch has been built in conjunction with eBay unit Braintree, and is modeled on... read more

20 Aug 14 @ 15:02

E-commerce giant Overstock has announced that bitcoin payments will be available on its international website from 1 September. Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, has announced that the company intends to... read more

18 Aug 14 @ 15:31

Online auction site eBay is planning to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service. The move comes after executives from eBay’s online payments unit PayPal held meetings with digital currency... read more

13 Aug 14 @ 12:20

ACI Worldwide announced that it has completed the acquisition of Retail Decisions (ReD), a leader in fraud prevention solutions.  Under the terms of the agreement, ACI Worldwide acquired ReD for... read more

12 Aug 14 @ 15:55

First Data has acquired Gyft, a platform offering a mobile app that allows consumers to organize, shop for, and send gift cards to others. Gyft’s service has expanded from a... read more