Jason Ankeny
Juniper Research
Yankee GroupTag:
PayPal
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
Why Walmart poses a major threat to the mobile payments hierarchy
It's been roughly nine months since more than a dozen leading U.S. retailers including Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Sears and 7-Eleven first banded together to create Merchant Customer Exchange, a nationwide mobile commerce network designed to support smartphone-enabled purchases, consumer offers and mobile marketing promotions. The MCX initiative remains a work in progress, but here's what we know.
PayPal dumps processing fees to galvanize mobile point-of-sale adoption
PayPal announced Cash for Registers, a new program that offers free credit, debit card, check and PayPal processing to any U.S. merchant that swaps out its existing point-of-sale system in favor of the PayPal Here m-commerce system.
PayPal streamlines mobile shopping with simplified sign-in
PayPal unveiled a revamped version of its Log In commerce identity system optimized for mobile devices.
eBay adds 2.8M new customers via mobile in Q1
eBay added roughly 2.8 million new customers through its mobile applications during the first quarter of 2013, with downloads of those apps now topping 162 million since late 2008.
The dollars and sense behind PayPal's acquisition of Duff Research
It's always interesting when a small developer gets acquired by a large, well-known entity, but the decision by eBay's PayPal division to buy Duff Research drew particular interest from online observers for what it said about the mobile commerce industry. Several developers and analysts interpreted the acquisition as a sign of how difficult it's becoming for even the largest technology companies to effectively crack the smartphone payment market.
PayPal acquires mobile app maker Duff Research, expands Here app to iPad
PayPal is acquiring mobile software development startup Duff Research, a move to accelerate the rollout of its digital wallet efforts. Financial terms were not disclosed.
PayPal launches mobile payments SDK for iOS, expands API library
PayPal is rolling out a series of new tools enabling developers to offer more frictionless payment experiences within their mobile applications.
PayPal co-founder Levchin launches mobile payment startup Affirm
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin is going head-to-head with the digital commerce giant with the launch of Affirm, a new payment startup dedicated to streamlining the checkout process across smartphones and other connected mobile devices.
PayPal Here expands to Europe ahead of mobile payment rival Square
PayPal is extending its PayPal Here mobile payment processing platform to Europe, beating rival Square in the race to establish a beachhead on the other side of the Atlantic.
Retailer confusion hampers PayPal mobile wallet trial
A recent PayPal mobile wallet trial in a New Jersey mall suggests both retailers and consumers remain confused by how the service works.
