Payments | Page 8
Building a Business
How to Market Your Crowdfunding Campaign
You need a crowd to fund your idea. Here are the sources you should tap to spread the word about your crowdfunding campaign.
By Sally Outlaw
Building a Business
PayPal Waives Transaction Fees for Promising Startups
The company's new program, Startup Blueprint, provides free transaction services and support to tech startups making less than $3 million a year.
Business Accounting
This Major Crowdfunding Site Now Accepts Bitcoin Pledges
Users of Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible can raise money for their venture using the online-only currency.
Building a Business
Coinbase Releases iPhone App Amid Strong Market for Bitcoin
During a six-month high in the value of Bitcoin, a venture-backed startup has released an iPhone app that lets you buy, sell and trade bitcoins from your mobile phone.
Building a Business
The Road Ahead For Entrepreneurs And Tax Reform
Tax reform is happening. Kind of. And slowly. Here are some predictions of how it might all play out.
By Dean Zerbe
Building a Business
5 Ways to Close The Sale With Indecisive Customers
Not all of your customers will be ready to buy the first time you meet them. Here's how to turn prospective buyers into loyal customers.
Tech
Square Makes Money Transfers as Easy as Sending an Email
With Square Cash, peer-to-peer transfers link to users' checking accounts and debit cards and are free to use.
Business Accounting
Voice Recognition and No Wallet: PayPal’s Vision of the Future
PayPal's latest rollout, which allows merchants to accept payment through an application that scans QR codes, is one in a string of developments aimed at overhauling the way customers pay for goods.
Marketing
How Dwolla Disrupted the Digital Payment Industry
About 250,000 people use Dwolla, a payment network that charges just 25 cents for transactions of $10 or more. Dwolla's transactions on pace to total $1 billion in 2013.
Business News
Richard Branson Invests in a Startup That No One Understands Yet
Stealth startup Clinkle announced Branson would be added to the long list of investors banking on its mysterious product being a grand slam.
Tech
Intuit Partners With Square for Easy Accounting Integration
New service can save business owners the time and hassle of manually feeding accounting data into QuickBooks.
By Jason Fell
Business News
PayPal Updates iPhone, Android Apps to Make Transactions Smoother and Faster
The revamped app comes with more payment options and social features, among others.
Business Accounting
Past, Present and Future of Customer Payments (Infographic)
From bartering to bitcoins, this fun graphic takes a look at the long evolution of how customers pay for what they want.
Building a Business
Bitcoin Basics: What it Is and How it Works (Motiongraphic)
Virtual currency Bitcoin has been making headlines recently. Don't worry if you still don't know what it's all about. This motiongraphic breaks it down.
Building a Business
10 States Without Sales Tax This Weekend
A look at how businesses can cash in on the upcoming sales-tax holidays around the U.S.
Building a Business
The Future of Retail: Paying With Your Face?
A Finnish company says it has developed a system that eliminates the need for cash or credit at check out. All it needs is a look at your face.
By Jason Fell
Business Accounting
Say What? PayPal Accidentally Credits Man $92 Quadrillion
Accounting error makes Pennsylvania man the richest person on the planet -- if only for an instant.
By Jason Fell
Building a Business
PayPal Goes Galactic, Moves to Cash In on Space Payments
PayPal plans to go where no payment processor has gone before: space.
Building a Business
Survey: Small-Business Owners Still Slow to Embrace Credit-Card Payments
While many small merchants only accept cash or checks, most consumers prefer plastic.
Tech
iPad, Tablet Point-of-Sale Systems Gain Popularity
More companies are offering point-of-sale systems that work on mobile touch-screen devices.
Building a Business
Accepting Bitcoin Payments: The Risks and Benefits
What business owners need to know about receiving the progressive digital currency.
Tech
New Service Aims to Simplify Ecommerce Payments
Ribbon allows for one-click payments via any user platform.
By Jason Ankeny
Building a Business
A Look at ‘Bitcoin’ Currency
Bitcoin represents a way to transfer money anonymously and at no cost.
By Dylan Love
Building a Business
What You Need to Know About Digital Wallets
The basics of digital wallets, and how will they impact your business.
Tech
The Benefits of Cloud-Based Point-of-Sale Systems
What are the advantages of switching your POS system to a mobile device.
Building a Business
10 Questions Every Entrepreneur Needs to Ask Suppliers
Consider this your vendor checklist, from costs and payment options to purchasing terms and sell-through. We've got you covered.
By Jane Porter