eCommerce

UK ‘Cashless’ Payments Overtake Physical Money For The First Time

Cash is dead, long live ‘non-cash’, Payments Council figures find

10 years ago

iZettle Makes Contactless Card Reader Available To UK SMBs

Card Reader Pro Contactless costs just £79 and supports the likes of Apple Pay

10 years ago

Alibaba Is Going Dotless To Revive The QR Code

New ‘Dotless Visual Codes’ will breathe new life in retail technology, Alibaba hopes

10 years ago

Mobile Shopping Pushes UK Online Sales To New High

British shoppers spending more online, particularly via mobile, than ever, as growth hits double digits

10 years ago

A ‘Buy’ Button Could Be Coming To A Google Search Near You

Reports claim that Google wants its mobile users to buy all the things

10 years ago

Alibaba Sued For Selling Counterfeit Goods

Chinese e-commerce giant under fire in the US from luxury brands including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent

10 years ago

Xiaomi Finally Sets Up Shop In The UK

Chinese manufacturer will open UK online store tomorrow – but won’t be selling any phones

10 years ago

Facebook Instant Articles Promises Better Mobile Experience

New Facebook tool for publishers quickly creates interactive news articles on social network

10 years ago

Is Bitcoin Coming To The NASDAQ?

Stock exchange operator reportedly testing blockchain technology for private share trading

10 years ago

Download Festival Goes Cashless With Contactless Payment Wristbands

RFID ‘Dog Tags’ to be handed out to festival-goers in a bid to banish cash

10 years ago

Visa Europe To Launch V.me Digital Wallet Across The UK

Topshop, Iceland, Dorothy Perkins and Costco among retailers signed up for nationwide expansion

10 years ago

UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending

Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts

10 years ago

Google Profits Up Despite Advert Value Squeeze

Google's outgoing CFO reveals modest profit rise, amid increased competition for mobile ad dollars

10 years ago

Robot That Bought Ecstasy On Dark Web Freed By Police After Three Months

The Random Darknet Shopper had bought 10 yellow pills containing 90mg of ecstasy each as part of artists' experiment

10 years ago

Google Hits Back At European Antitrust ‘Objections’

Search giant “strongly disagrees” with the EC's “statement of objections” as it opens formal Android probe

10 years ago

It’s Official – Cash Is On The Way Out, Contactless And Online Banking Are In

UK consumers increasingly using contactless and mobile payments, Halifax survey reveals

10 years ago

UK High-Street Mobile Shopping ‘Worth Billions’ By 2024

Consumer spending on mobile devices set to top £53bn a year by 2024, Barclays predicts

10 years ago

PayPal, eBay To Remain Friends After Spin-off

PayPal and eBay will separate later this year, but will remain joined at the hip for at least five years

10 years ago

Ignore Payment Innovations At Your Peril

The PPRO Group's Tobias Schreyer explains why businesses should be prepared to embrace new technology

10 years ago

10 Of The Best Tech April Fools 2015

Were you caught out by any of these April Fools pranks?

10 years ago

Amazon Dash Offers One-Touch Product Ordering

Dash Button lets you order household items when you’re running low

10 years ago

Silk Road Agents Charged With Stealing Bitcoin

Two former US federal investigators involved in the Silk Road probe have been charged with stealing funds during the investigation

10 years ago

Amazon Debuts On-Demand Home Services

Services-as-a-Service goes live on Amazon - order service professionals straight to your home from Amazon.com

10 years ago

Vodafone Wallet Goes Contactless

Expansion will make it easier than ever to pay for goods using your smartphone

10 years ago

Sketchy Checkout: How PoS Malware Could Be Putting Your Card Data At Risk

Retailers beware, your PoS terminals could be opening you up to a world of malware, Trustwave tells TechWeekEurope

10 years ago

Facebook Messenger Now Lets Companies Contact Customers Directly

Messenger for Businesses unveiled at F8 conference in San Francisco

10 years ago

How Do You Topple Bitcoin?

LEOcoin founders tell TechWeekEurope why their new exchange will transform the way people shop online

10 years ago

Skrill And Optimal Payments Announce Mega Merger

€1.1bn deal could finally create a European rival to PayPal

10 years ago

Square Cash Rolls Out To Businesses

$Cashtags allow anyone to send and receive money online

10 years ago