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Building a Business

Google Fails to Dismiss Privacy Lawsuit Over Google Wallet

The tech giant has been accused of invading the privacy of users of its Google Wallet electronic payment service by sharing their personal information with outside app developers.

By Reuters

Business News

Say Hello to Mobile Payments Over Facebook Messenger

By Reuters

Building a Business

Alibaba’s Latest Payments Innovation: Selfie-Powered Transactions

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

SXSW: What ClassPass Learned About Making Decisions Easier for Customers

By Laura Entis

Tech

Apple Pay Hit by Wave of Fraudulent Transactions

The transactions stemmed from breaches at retail giants including Home Depot and Target.

By Reuters

Buying a Franchise

4 High-Tech Ways to Order Food That Didn’t Exist Last Year

Smartwatches and beacons and telepathy, oh my!

By Kate Taylor

Marketing

3 Ways to Grab an Early Piece of the $500 Billion Opportunity in Mobile Marketing

Almost half of a brand's customers will soon be proverbially "up for grabs" to anyone with an effective mobile marketing strategy.

By Alex Campbell

Building a Business

Visa Europe Paves the Way to Bring Apple Pay Across the Pond

The London-based payment processing company announced a new 'tokenisation' service that allows customers to pay on a mobile device without credit card information being disclosed.

By Catherine Clifford

Building a Business

Why This Internet Pioneer Believes Bitcoin Has the Power to Break the Cycle of Poverty

At 20, Wences Casares launched Argentina's first Internet service provider. Now 40, and with several successful startups under his belt, the serial entrepreneur is on a mission to bring financial security to underserved communities through Bitcoin.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Building a Business

5 Things Millennial Entrepreneurs Can Teach Their Business Elders About Running a Company

From their adroit use of technology to the importance they place on relationships, the youngest business people have embraced timeless business values in their own distinct way.

By Keri Gohman

Building a Business

5 Regulatory Issues That Could Affect Your Business in 2015

Last year was a busy one but even more changes are on the horizon this year.

By Carolyn Boyce

Thought Leaders

How One Grocery Store Is Modernizing the Honor System

MBAs Across America helped a Kansas City, Missouri food market find identify technologies to help it graduate from an old-school paper system to boost efficiency.

By Kelly K. Spors

Buying a Franchise

Half of Papa John’s Sales are Now Digital – But Other Pizza Makers Are Closing In

Papa John's became the first pizza chain to sustain more than 50 percent total online sales, but Domino's and Pizza Hut aren't far behind.

By Kate Taylor

Tech

Square Makes Its Register Software Free Worldwide

Square CEO Jack Dorsey announced today that the mobile payments company is now localized for 130 internationally currencies.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

How Mobile Payment Apps Are Energizing Businesses That Live On Cash Flow

Instant payment can free small businesses from the worry of unpaid invoices, making it likelier more will thrive.

By Sam Madden

Business News

Snapchat Partners With Square for Payment Service

The new service essentially lets users send money to each other.

By Reuters

Business News

Apple Opens its App Store to 4.5 Billion Chinese Credit Cards

Could a deal for Apple Pay be far behind?

By Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Business Operations & Logistics

Square Rolls Out New Reader for Chip-Based Credit Cards

The new reader is available for pre-sale, as the U.S. prepares to say goodbye to magnetic-stripe cards.

By Kate Taylor

Business News

The Payments App Millennials Swear By

Can this payments service catch on beyond its super-connected niche?

By JP Mangalindan

Buying a Franchise

Burger King Posts Strong U.S. Sales Growth as McDonald’s Flounders

The Whopper maker is looking to new frontiers, introducing mobile payments and making a push into India.

By Kate Taylor

Tech

Starbucks Is Preparing for Delivery in 2015

Howard Schultz calls the coffee giant's plans to deliver food and drinks "ecommerce on steroids."

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Apple Pay Opponent MCX Suffers Hack Attack

Email addresses from pilot participants were stolen, the company said, though the forthcoming mobile app -- which lets users purchase goods by scanning a QR code -- was not affected.

By Geoff Weiss

Business News

Google Wallet Creator’s New Startup Gives Credit Card Terminals a Serious Facelift

Osama Bedier is trying to shake up how people pay in stores with a new souped-up rival to the credit card readers sitting next to most cash registers.

By JP Mangalindan