Business News
Say Hello to Mobile Payments Over Facebook Messenger
The new features allows friends to send and receive money over the social network.
By Reuters
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Building a Business
Google Partners With Wireless Carriers to Push Wallet Service
The idea is to pre-install Google's electronic payment service on phones, as the companies seek to counter Apple Inc's recent entry into the nascent market for mobile payments.
By Reuters
Building a Business
5 Surefire Ways to Get Clients to Pay on Time
Simplify the way you bill and collect funds from your company's customers.
By René Lacerte
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.
Building a Business
How Apple Pay Is Poised to Transform the Trillion-Dollar Service Industry
Huge consumer businesses quickly accepted Apple's new payment system but less tech-savvy small businesses might have the most to gain.
By Sam Madden
Building a Business
Forget the Credit Card. The Way We Pay May Be About to Change.
Say hello to 'tokenization.'
By Bob Sullivan
Building a Business
Microsoft Is Now the Largest Company in the World to Accept Bitcoin
When Bill Gates boosts Bitcoin, Microsoft listens.
Business Accounting
This Startup Bridges Cash Flow Gaps, One Invoice at a Time
Fundbox chases down the payments for you. Here's how it works.
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?
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.
Tech
50 Major Retailers Are Teaming Up on a Mobile Payment System to Defeat Apple Pay
The decision by Rite Aid and CVS to block Apple Pay within its stores over the weekend has shed light on a Walmart-led consortium of retailers developing a contactless payment system of its own.
By Geoff Weiss
Business News
I Tried Apple Pay for the First Time and It Worked Flawlessly
Apple's new payments system, Apple Pay, has launched. This is exactly how easy it is to set up and use.
By Steve Kovach
Building a Business
Indiegogo Becomes First Crowdfunding Platform to Integrate Apple Pay
Soon, Indiegogo users will be able to fund campaigns with the mere tap of their Touch ID buttons.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Obama to Sign Cybersecurity Order, Wants Safer Payments
Action comes after massive data breaches have put millions of consumers at risk.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Business Is Eager to Embrace Bitcoin But Regulators Are Not
Retailers worldwide increasingly see Bitcoin as just another payment method but governments are suspicious it is a rival to currency.
By Matt Odell
Building a Business
French Bank, Twitter Team Up for Money Transfers
One of the country's largest banks is teaming up with the social network to allow its customers to transfer money via tweets.
By Reuters
Business News
Square Just Unveiled Something Coffee Addicts Have Been Dreaming About Forever
The mobile payments company's Order app now allows users to pre-order their coffee and alerts baristas as they approach.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Plastc Wants to Reinvent the Wallet with All-In-One Smart Card
What does this one-size-fits-all card mean for the mobile-payments landscape?
By Nina Zipkin
Business Accounting
Blockchain Raises $30 Million in Biggest-Ever Funding Round for a Bitcoin Company
The world's largest Bitcoin wallet service just sealed a record venture capital deal. Backers include none other than billionaire Richard Branson.
Building a Business
Accepting Bitcoin Payments Increasingly Looks Like Smart Business
The novel new form of payment has advantages for businesses over credit cards for ordinary transactions.
By Matt Odell
Building a Business
10 Affordable Tools to Help Online Entrepreneurs Succeed
These applications help improve productivity and streamline certain aspects of business.
Building a Business
Bill Gates: Bitcoin Is ‘Better Than Currency’
That's right. America's richest man believes Bitcoin is a promising payments solution. Why? Because it's 'cheap.' However, his outlook isn't as bright on the anonymity aspect.
Business News
PayPal Spawn Have Advanced Where the Online Payments Giant Has Stood Still
While startup competitors don't have PayPal's breadth of services, they are entering areas that the once-nimble PayPal should own -- but doesn't.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How PayPal’s Spinoff Could Spell a Tide Shift for the Mobile Payments Industry
Newfound stock options and a self-governing stance could portend an acquisition or hiring spree.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Billionaire Entrepreneur Mark Cuban: ‘Bitcoin Has No Shot as a Long-Term Digital Currency’
The outspoken Shark Tank star is anything but bullish on Bitcoin.