The British bank Barclays has announced a new twist on its Pingit mobile payments app – users will be able to transfer money to one another using their Twitter handles. Pingit,… Read more »
In November, when Dutchman Martin Wisjeimer became the first man to inject Bitcoin keys inside his hands, he captured the spirit of payments in 2015. Will others be crazy enough to try this? Maybe… Read more »
Jack Dorsey’s Square is still far from seeing the transaction volume of PayPal or any of the major financial companies, but it’s certainly no longer the scrappy payments startup it was… Read more »
A recent report says Snapchat wants to become a hub for other services. We can look to another messaging beast — WeChat — for an idea of what that might look… Read more »
Apple will have to address some big challenges if it is to succeed in a mobile payments market that has yet to get legs in the U.S. If Apple Pay thrives,… Read more »
After grabbing loads of attention with a $25 million seed round and several high-profile hires, Clinkle is now seeing those new hires depart, starting with COO Barry McCarthy and its latest… Read more »
Mystery mobile payments startup Clinkle lands Twitter’s former Principal Designer Josh Brewer. He joins a growing list of top tier talent joining a startup that has yet to announce a product. Read more »
Jack Dorsey may not have known much about being a merchant when he founded Square, but he did know a lot about being a buyer. According to Dorsey, that was the… Read more »
While Square is known for its hardware, it’s starting to build up an e-commerce business. A fifth of the 500,000 merchants listed on Square’s new internet marketplace are using Square solely… Read more »
Square is taking its mobile payments circus to the online world, launching a e-commerce marketplace that integrates with its other merchant tools. Read more »