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 ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.

Technology / Business

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.

Technology / Software

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.

Technology / Business

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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. ...

Technology / Business

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PayPal's India transaction block could last months

(AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.

Technology / Business

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

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

created Dec 30, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

PayPal outage frustrates merchants, consumers

(AP) -- PayPal suffered periodic breakdowns that crimped Internet sales for more than four hours Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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.

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0