94 posts and columns on merchants

Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

in Commerce on May 25 at 2:30 pm PT

The results may surprise you.
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Scoutmob Attracts Investors and Partners by Saying It’s Not a Daily Deals Company

in Commerce on May 24 at 5:30 am PT

Scoutmob was able to attract $3.25 million in new funding and a major new payments partner by pitching itself as a mobile company and not as a fledgling competitor in the daily deals space.
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Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze

in News on May 9 at 5:00 am PT

Foursquare doesn’t want to be another popular — but unprofitable — social network. Its new plan to make money? Personalized coupons.

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Flint Mobile Raises $3 Million in Capital for Mobile Payments App

in Mobile on May 9 at 4:30 am PT

Flint Mobile said it has raised $3 million in a first round of capital, and that it is launching its new mobile payments app, which enables merchants to process payments with a mobile phone. But rather than requiring a merchant to buy a card reader, the app allows the merchant to snap a picture of a credit card. The round, which will be used on product development and hiring, was led by Storm Ventures and True Ventures.

Four Reasons Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing $10 Million in Belly

in Commerce on May 8 at 4:30 am PT

Andreessen Horowitz has invested $10 million in Belly, a Chicago-based company that is building a loyalty network for retailers that will replace punch cards with mobile rewards.
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Paying With Square’s New Mobile-Payments App

in Reviews on April 30 at 6:00 am PT

Square’s app for “hands-free” consumer payments is worth trying.
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Square’s Next Round Could Swipe a $4 Billion Valuation

in Commerce on April 18 at 4:00 am PT

Square is seeking to raise a fresh round of capital at a valuation of up to $4 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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LivingSocial Finds That Full-Price Offers Work Better on Mobile Than Discounts

in Commerce on March 30 at 12:40 pm PT

Will mobile commerce as it has been envisioned for years ever take off?
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Amazon’s Key to Beating Groupon in the Daily Deals Space Is Its 164 Million Paying Customers

in Commerce on March 19 at 11:30 pm PT

Amazon’s online catalog offers millions of everyday items for sale, but how many consumers think of visiting Amazon to buy a meal in a restaurant or a haircut at the local salon?
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Groupon’s Mason on Strategy, Investment and (Finally) a Way to Stop Those Pole-Dancing Offers

in Commerce on February 8 at 4:56 pm PT

Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is known for his sense of humor, but during the company’s first earnings call today, it was all business … pretty much.
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Behind the Scenes at Groupon’s Tech Headquarters as It Prepares to Report First Public Earnings

in Commerce, February 8, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Visa Places Bet on New Approach to Payments With Rare Investment in TrialPay

in Commerce, January 31, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Japan’s Rakuten Set to Challenge Amazon With Help From Kobo

in Commerce, January 27, 2012 at 11:40 am PT

Google’s Head of Consumer Payments, Vikas Gupta, Resigns

in Commerce, January 26, 2012 at 5:35 pm PT

Online Commerce Trend: More Spending, Smaller Purchases

in Commerce, January 20, 2012 at 12:22 pm PT

Greylock’s Reid Hoffman Invests in Swedish Social Gifting Company

in Commerce, January 18, 2012 at 4:31 am PT

Intuit’s GoPayment Mobile Credit-Card Reader Beats Square’s into Canada

10 of the Days Before Christmas Hit $1 Billion in Online Spending

in Commerce, January 5, 2012 at 9:33 am PT

Visa Names Its New PayPal-Like Digital Wallet Service “V.me”

in Commerce, November 15, 2011 at 6:30 pm PT

Exclusive: LivingSocial Launches “Room Service” Food Delivery (Cloth Napkins Included)

in Commerce, November 15, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Square Tweaks Mobile Payments — Now Hands-Free!

in Commerce, November 2, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Groupon Races to IPO Based on Strong Q3 Performance

in Commerce, October 21, 2011 at 5:07 am PT

Jumio Sees New Online Payments Opportunity Through the Webcam Lens

in Commerce, July 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Google Wallet Hardware Partner Raises $24 Million in Capital

in Commerce, June 27, 2011 at 2:50 pm PT

Savored Is a Groupon Competitor That Feeds Off Merchants’ Fears About Groupon

in Commerce, June 21, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT