Tom Krazit
Oct 13, 2011 5:00 AM
If it seems like the mobile world has been talking nonstop about the potential for mobile payments all year, it’s because we have been. There are simply too many corners of the technology and financial worlds that want to see it happen, and even if consumers and retailers are skeptical,…
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Laura Hazard Owen
Jul 25, 2011 5:40 PM
How many Keratin wraps, photography workshops and Hookah tokes does one person really need? After Groupon and LivingSocial, there are another 400 to 500 daily deal sites in the U.S., plus 200 more internationally—and very few people think the world needs that many. Expect plenty of consolidation in the next…
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Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Mobile, Social Media, Companies, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Groupon, american express, biakelsey, buywithme, closely, david strebinger, deal current, jimmy hendricks, livingsocial, mastercard, neal polachek, perry evans, visa, wantsa, yelp
Laura Hazard Owen
Jul 19, 2011 3:49 PM
Seventy-five percent of consumers say the best way to support a local business is to refer a friend, said Lexi Reese, Facebook director of local sales, at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference this morning. Sharing a deal triples the probability of its purchase, and “liking” a deal raises the probability of…
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Laura Hazard Owen
Jul 19, 2011 3:02 PM
“Showing your phone to redeem a deal sucks,” said Tristan Walker, Foursquare’s director of business development, today at BIA/Kelsey’s Deals 3D conference. “We wanted to completely fix it and make it completely seamless, frictionless and magical.” Foursquare, Yelp and Shopkick are rolling out new mobile tools and launching new partnerships…
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Advertising, Daily Deals, Local, Companies, Best Buy, american express, citibank, deals 3d, eric singley, evan tana, foursquare, shopkick, tristan walker, yelp
Tom Krazit
Jun 23, 2011 1:02 PM
Now there are two things American Express hopes you don’t leave home without: your card and your smartphone. The company has finalized a deal with Foursquare to offer users cash-back discounts at participating retailers when they check into a venue and spend money using their American Express cards.
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 18, 2009 9:50 AM
When Steve Case’s internet payment startup Revolution Money raised a $42 million round last April from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, Chairman Ted Leonsis said the company had no plans for a sale or IPO before 2011. Looks like the calendar pages—and the company—flipped a lot faster than Leonsis…
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E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, american express, revolution money, steve case, ted leonsis
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