Ten months after announcing acquisition, PayPal has merged it and Braintree’s payments platform and developer operations. Startups and big companies alike now can offer PayPal services and Braintree’s card processing through… Read more »
The mobile payment sector is evolving quickly and chaotically, with incumbents and startups competing for not only market share but also the ability to establish the business’ rules and technological standards. Read more »
Square has a lot of merchants on its online and mobile shopping portal Square Market, but few are actually selling goods there. Its new Pickup feature could prompt more of them… Read more »
Facebook is reportedly planning to launch a payments offering that will surely include mobile phones. Rather than focusing on proximity mobile payments, though, the social network appears to be developing a… Read more »
The payments startup has become a hot item since PayPal/eBay’s $800 million acquisition of competitor Braintree. As e-commerce increasingly shifts to mobile payments and collaborative consumption, Stripe’s developer-friendly payments platform holds… Read more »
Mobile played a huge role in online sales over the holiday season, but shoppers are clearly using their smartphones very differently than their tablets. Online retailers can boost their sales to… Read more »
Payments processor Braintree is seeing a huge year-over-year jump in mobile payments this holiday season. According to CEO Bill Ready we’re witnessing the pent-up demand from consumers to use their phones… Read more »
Black Friday sales on mobile-optimized websites were up dramatically this year over 2012. But far too many retailers are still missing out on the chance to engage with consumers and conduct… Read more »
GeoPoll is using the lowly SMS to engage with and collect survey data from people in developing countries around the world. It’s one of the many means SMS is being used… Read more »
Though eBay is buying Braintree to make PayPal more relevant in mobile, PayPal is showing it has plenty of game in the new smartphone-driven economy. The deal makes PayPal an Uber… Read more »