eCommerce

IBM Teams Up With Visa To Commercialise IoT Devices

Making money from IoT. Partnership to allow IoT devices to undertake secure payment services

8 years ago

Simplified Blockchain Security Promised By Accenture

Effort to drive uptake of blockchain technologies sees solution to integrate enterprise IT security solution

8 years ago

WSJ Claims Google Used Search Engine To Promote Own Products

Analysis alleges that Google used its search engine results to place adverts for its own products in top spot

8 years ago

Strathclyde University Offers UK’s First Fintech Degree Course

Good news for British banking sector after Scottish university offers first fintech degree course in the UK

8 years ago

Bitcoin Value Plunges After Christmas High

Bull run of the digital currency ends after sharp fall in value in Thursday trading

8 years ago

Amazon Plots ‘Airship Warehouse’ For Drone Deliveries

Patent reveals plan to create ''airborne fulfilment centres' or 'flying warehouses' to act as mothership for drones

8 years ago

Bitcoin Total Value Tops $14bn

Two year high for digital currency as its total value reaches £11.3bn, with most bitcoin trading located in China

8 years ago

Alipay Partners With Barclays And Other EU Financial Firms To Boost European Push

The Chinese payments giant continues to look beyond China with its European expansion

8 years ago

Microsoft Offers Remedies To EC In Bid To Gain £21bn LinkedIn Takeover Approval

Microsoft has offered to sweeten the deal for European regulators so it can get LinkedIn approval, despite Salesforce and other…

8 years ago

Google Showdown With EU Looms After Rejection Of Antitrust Charges

Ballsy move. Search engine officially rejects European Union antitrust charges which could lead to huge penalty

8 years ago

Amazon Profit Growth Disappoints Despite Cloud Strength

Shares in Amazon slump over less than expected profits, despite continuing strength of its AWS division

8 years ago

Majority Of Banks Will Adopt Blockchain Says IBM

Blockchain to be used by majority of financial institutions within three years, as adoption ramps up

8 years ago

Facebook Brings Native Payments To iOS and Android Messenger App

The social networking giant has tweaked its chatbot platform with a suite of features

8 years ago

Oracle Buys NetSuite For £7bn

In one of Oracle's largest ever acquisitions, it will position ERP seller NetSuite in a complimentary role

8 years ago

Mobile Banking Surges As Internet Banking Slows

There's an app for that. Mobile banking surges as BBA warns of a “consumer-led revolution” in personal finance

8 years ago

Microsoft’s Project Bletchley Adds Middleware To Azure Blockchain

Project Bletchley to extend use of Blockchains using middleware and cryptlets for open cloud platforms

8 years ago

Apple Reveals App Store Shakeup To Ease Developer Niggles

Overhaul for App Store rules, but will it ease developer concerns over Apple commissions and app overload?

8 years ago

Amazon Brings Full Supermarket Delivery To The UK

AmazonFresh now available to Prime customers across London, with nationwide expansion coming soon

8 years ago

Worldpay: SMBs Must Adopt New Payment Methods Or Face Extinction

Reluctance to introduce new systems could see up to 60,00 British small businesses could face the chop as consumers ditch…

8 years ago

Are Free Returns Hampering UK E-Commerce?

Barclaycard research claims that managing returns is damaging profits for many British online businesses

9 years ago

eBay Will Smarten Up Shopping With Purchase Of Analytics Firm Expertmaker

Acquisition of Expertmaker will bring machine learning and AI to eBay online auctions by better matching shoppers and sellers

9 years ago

One In Three Europeans Would Leave Their Bank For Better Digital Services

Fujitsu survey reveals banks must keep customers happy online or they might jump ship to rivals - or even Facebook,…

9 years ago

Amazon Takes Prime Now To Leeds And West Yorkshire

One-hour delivery for over 15,000 Items now available for Amazon Prime Members in Leeds

9 years ago

Braintree: ‘Contextual’ PayPal Commerce Makes Online Retail Acceptable

Braintree's Harper Reed says contextual commerce services like PayPal Commerce will help retailers attract and retain custom

9 years ago

Amazon Prime Now Arrives In Berkshire, Hampshire And Surrey

Locations in the Home Countries will be able to enjoy one or two-hour delivery with Amazon Prime Now

9 years ago

Millennials And Mobile Helping To Establish UK As ‘New Retail’ Leader

Ecommerce innovation puts the UK way out in front of European rivals when it comes to consumer loyalty, Accenture c;ao,s

9 years ago

PayPal Credit Takes On Card Companies With Zero Percent Interest

Open to everyone, PayPal Credit looks to simplifying the way you pay for big-ticket goods online

9 years ago

Japan Prepares ‘Pay By Fingerprint’ System

Japanese government launches biometric payment scheme to encourage tourists ahead of 2020 Olympic Games

9 years ago

Amazon Payments Targets PayPal With New Partner Programme

New Partner Payment Program will let third party marketplaces accept orders paid for with Amazon Payments

9 years ago

New £30 Contactless Payment Limit Is Boosting Sales

Visa Europe analysis of past six months shows surge in £20-30 spending since new limits came into force

9 years ago