Apps from Uber and Airbnb to TaskRabbit and Instacart have jumpstarted the so-called “sharing economy” in the U.S., but they’re also created a whole lot of self-employed on-demand drivers, landlords and… Read more »
The Swedish online payments processor Klarna is pushing into the U.S., and it said late Wednesday that it intends to spend at least $100 million doing so. Checkout is a… Read more »
Stripe’s mobile and online sellers can now list services and goods in the local currencies of 130 different countries, helping them break into international markets. But according to founder John Collison,… Read more »
Apple already has much of the groundwork in place for to become a mobile payments powerhouse. It’s just a question of how deep the space it dives and whether it will… 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 »
PayPal is close to finalizing a deal to acquire e-commerce engine Braintree, according to the Wall Street Journal. Braintree occupies the increasingly lucrative middle ground between small business payments and large… Read more »
Braintree joins Stripe in tailoring its payments platform specifically for the new community commerce apps populating the web and mobile phones. TaskRabbit will be the first to use it. Read more »