News tagged with payments service
New Yahoo CEO can't afford to dawdle on to-do list
(AP) -- When he takes over as Yahoo's CEO next week, Scott Thompson will be under more intense scrutiny than he faced the past three years while crafting PayPal's online payments service into one of the crown jewels in eBay ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Mobile money transfers gaining currency with consumers
If you need to pay a baby sitter, send money to a kid in college or reimburse a friend for lunch but don't have your checkbook or cash on hand, pick up your smartphone.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Apple accepts payment in China's yuan currency
Apple has started accepting payment in China's yuan currency through its online store, opening it up to the biggest Internet market in the world, company officials said Monday.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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New health-care payment system slows spending while improving patient care
In a new study with implications for state and federal efforts to reform payments to doctors and hospitals to encourage greater coordination of care, Harvard Medical School researchers found that a global payment system underway ...
Jul 16, 2011 |
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PayPal letting Google phones swap cash
Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Rivals likely to reach for Google's 'Wallet'
With the announcement of "Google Wallet" the Internet giant became the first player to dash into a future where people use smartphones as credit cards, but rivals are expected to cut its lead short.
May 30, 2011 |
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Google vows to fight suit over mobile 'Wallet'
Google on Friday rejected a charge that it swiped PayPal trade secrets to build its new mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet. ...
May 27, 2011 |
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American Express makes digital wallets
American Express on Monday launched an online financial transactions service that it claims goes beyond what others provide in a market dominated by PayPal.
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Asians make the most payments with mobile phones: research
The number of people using mobile phones to make payments is expected to rise 50 percent this year to nearly 109 million with Asians leading the pack, technology research firm Gartner said Monday.
Jun 21, 2010 |
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PayPal's India transaction block could last months
(AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Review: No more writing checks in lifestyle change
(AP) -- It's been nine months since I've written a check. That's not to say I'm on some 12-step program to resist shopping. My credit card bills would suggest otherwise. Rather, when I opened a new bank account ...
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments
(AP) -- Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 30, 2009 |
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American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution
With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.
Nov 22, 2009 |
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PayPal outage frustrates merchants, consumers
(AP) -- PayPal suffered periodic breakdowns that crimped Internet sales for more than four hours Monday.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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EBay 1st-qtr profit, sales fall on weak economy
(AP) -- EBay Inc. said Wednesday the weak economy contributed to declines in both earnings and revenue for the second consecutive quarter, but the online marketplace operator beat analysts' expectations.
Apr 22, 2009 |
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