OfferUp is rolling out a new feature that aims to solve a major pain point for local buyers and sellers, letting a buyer reserve an item with an authorized payment… Read More
Betting that users of its in-store payments hardware and web services want to use Square across their mobile apps as well, the company is launching a mobile software development kit… Read More
For the billions of people living without access to a bank account, simple transactions, like paying rent electronically or registering a child for school, are often out of reach. Although… Read More
OfferUp is quietly testing mobile payments for users of its community marketplace in Seattle, giving buyers the option to pay sellers through its app without exchanging cash — and giving itself another potential selling point over… Read More
The new “Starbucks Rewards” program (formally My Starbucks Rewards) launches Tuesday with an app upgrade and a new system for awarding stars, the coffee giant’s version of points. Users previously earned… Read More
All eyes were on payments company Square on Thursday morning, as one of the Silicon Valley’s many so-called unicorns ventured out into the public markets. Things got off to a… Read More
Tully’s Coffee has just rolled out a new high-tech point of sales system that allows baristas to ring up a latte with the tap of an iPad. The Seattle coffee chain’s… Read More
Subway customers can now skip the line by placing orders for their six-inch or foot-long sandwich on their phone or computer. The fast-food sandwich shop, which operates one of the largest… Read More
PayRange wants to help you buy items from a vending machine without cash or coins. The Portland-based startup today announced a $12 million funding round to fuel development of its vending machine… Read More
Google yesterday unveiled its latest mobile payments system, Android Pay, a successor to Google Wallet with the ability to use secure digital tokens rather than actual credit card numbers to pay for items… Read More
Discover cardholders will be able to use their credit cards with Apple Pay later this year, thanks to an agreement between the credit card company and Apple that was announced… Read More
People who owe their friends a few bucks after a night on the town have a new way to get the money back to them. Facebook announced today that it… Read More
Earlier this week, Softcard announced that Google purchased some of its assets and technology, and now the company is shutting down two of its apps. The company revealed in a posting… Read More
Google is taking another swing at the mobile payment market by partnering with three of the major U.S. wireless carriers to expand the reach of its Google Wallet mobile payment… Read More
Prism, a three-year old startup, has raised $2 million over multiple rounds to help people pay their bills using a free mobile phone app. Investors include a number of high-profile individuals,… Read More
Apple has just picked up a major new partner for its mobile payment service: the U.S government. Company CEO Tim Cook announced at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and… Read More
Finsphere, a Bellevue-based payment services startup, has partnered with Visa to help people with credit cards avoid the embarrassment of having their payment declined when traveling. Called Visa Mobile Location… Read More
Starbucks is rolling out an updated iPhone app today that will finally enable Apple Pay. The Seattle coffee chain was one of the first retailers to say it would support Apple’s payments service… Read More
Square has raised an additional $150 million in capital, valuing the six-year-old San Francisco payments company at $6 billion, reports The New York Times. Square, which was co-founded by Twitter’s… Read More
eBay shares are not getting a bump from Wall Street today, following Tuesday’s announcement that it is spinning off PayPal into a separate company. Shares of the San Jose-based company are trading lower… Read More
Starbucks has finally updated its Android app to enable its customers to tip their baristas using their phone. Customers will now have the option of adding no tip, 50 cents, $1 or… Read More
A endless list of companies — from wireless carriers and handset makers to tech giants as big as Google — have tried to muscle their way into the mobile payments market, by… Read More
Will book sellers, bike shop owners and electronics stores use Amazon as its payment provider if they are already worried about it stealing their business? Earlier today, Amazon rolled out a new mobile payments service that… Read More
There’s no shortage of companies trying to come up with high-tech ways for consumers to pay the check using their mobile phone. OpenTable, the restaurant reservations service acquired recently by… Read More
Amazon has 244 million active customers, who trust the e-commerce behemoth to keep their credit cards on file, and yet, the Seattle-based company has done very little to exploit that position.… Read More
Isis, the digital wallet venture started by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, says it will roll out a new brand — aiming to avoid confusion with the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly known as ISIS.… Read More
Two years ago, Starbucks promised to change the way people pay for coffee when it invested $25 million into Square, the hot San Francisco-based mobile payments startup. But today, the… Read More
When you step up to the register to pay at the coffee shop, do you reach for cash, a card or your smartphone? In U.S. Starbucks stores, phones are now… Read More
GlobeSherpa, a Portland-based provider of secure mobile ticketing software and services, today announced a $1.3 million series B capital funding led by The Oregon Angel Fund to help the startup expand its business… Read More