The Future of Paying With Your Cell Phone Is Really Exciting
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 45 mins ago
In this segment of Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Patrick Morris discuss their opportunity to sit down with the head of the Electronic Transactions Association, Jason Oxman, while attending the Transact...
Facebook May Be On Its Way to Becoming the Next Hot FinTech Company
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Apr 18, 7:04AM CDT
In this segment from Where the Money Is , Motley Fool financial analyst Matt Koppenheffer highlights one financial tweet from the Twittersphere, that calls into question the celebration around Citigroup and its earnings beat this quarter. The...
Is Apple Getting Ready to Jump Into Mobile Payments?
Amanda Alix, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 17, 8:11AM CDT
Ever since Apple introduced the Passbook – a neat app that allows consumers to store loyalty cards, tickets, gift cards and passes on their iPhones – talk has heated up about exactly when the tech giant will enter the field of mobile payments. ...
Facebook Inc.'s eCommerce Interest Is Nice but Not Game-Changing
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 16, 6:00PM CDT
There's never a shortage of rumors swirling around Facebook . And after multiple acquisitions, a couple of which were outside Facebook's traditional "comfort zone," the rumor mill was bound to kick into gear. But the latest scuttlebutt suggesting...
Look for Shares of eBay to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 1.47% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Apr 16, 4:43PM CDT
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $53.92 to a high of $54.87. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.5%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $54.47 on volume of 7.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Next Resistance Level for eBay (EBAY) is $55.01
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Apr 16, 9:03AM CDT
Shares of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) opened today above their pivot of $53.69 and have already reached the first level of resistance at $54.45. Investors may be interested in a cross of the next upside pivot targets of $55.01 and $56.33.
1 Quote That Should Make Investors Optimistic About The Future of eBay Inc. and PayPal
Patrick Morris, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 16, 6:10AM CDT
Source: Flickr / Steve Ganz. At a recent conference a PayPal executive provided critical insights into the rapidly expanding mobile payments industry. But one of his remarks stands above the rest to guide why PayPal could be immensely successful. ...
How to Make Tax-Day Freebies Even More Awesome
Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 4:21PM CDT
In an article on CNNMoney today , several of the best tax-day food and drink deals and freebies around are listed off, as the trend of bars and restaurants offering up a little something extra to ease the tax day blues continues to grow. But one...
Facebook's Coming Mobile Payments Gambit
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 3:49PM CDT
Even as its shares have fallen off a cliff of late, social networking kingpin Facebook 's 2014 performance is still easily outpacing that of its benchmark, the Nasdaq Composite . 2014 has been arguably one of the biggest years in Facebook's...
Did Carl Icahn Really Drop the eBay Proxy Battle?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 2:00PM CDT
In an interview on CNBC, eBay CEO, John Donahoe, essentially said that billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn's decision to drop its proxy battle to split PayPal was because Icahn didn't fully understand the fundamentals, but now sees the...
Carl Icahn and Elon Musk Are Wrong: Here's Why eBay Keeping PayPal Makes Sense
Joseph Gacinga, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 10:30AM CDT
It's quite refreshing that all the hullabaloo about separating PayPal from its parent company, eBay ,has finally ended. Activist investors Carl Icahn and Elon Musk tried hard to get eBay to divest its high-growth unit, arguing that an independent...
Samsung's Botched Apple Rip-Off Is a Blown Opportunity for eBay
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 10:05AM CDT
Apple wasn't the first company to offer a smartphone with a fingerprint scanner, but it seems to have ignited a trend. Following the debut of the iPhone 5s, Apple's rivals -- HTC and Samsung -- have chosen to include the technology in some of...
Banking on Facebook: Here's Their Next Big Thing!
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 9:30AM CDT
On Monday morning, The Financial Times reported that Facebook is in the process of gaining regulatory approval in the Republic of Ireland to "issue units of stored monetary value that represent a claim against the company." This would flow...
Facebook Taking on Mobile Payments
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 15, 6:28AM CDT
Facebook has wormed its way into people's lives and now it wants to get into their wallets. The social media network is weeks away from receiving regulatory approval in Ireland for a service that would allow the company to act as a bank of sorts,...
Can Facebook Inc Compete in Mobile Payments?
Adam Levy, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 14, 6:30PM CDT
Facebook has been looking for ways to diversify its revenue. The social network snatched up WhatsApp and Oculus Rift over the last couple months. Now, the company is reportedly in talks with the Central Bank of Ireland and three London-based...
Facebook Seeks Approval For European E-Money Service
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Apr 14, 12:33PM CDT
Facebook (FB) is close to receiving regulatory approval from Ireland's central bank for a service that would let users process money transfers and payments throughout Europe, according to a report in Financial Times. The British newspaper said...
Can Amazon Take on American Express, Visa in Payments Space?
at The Street - Mon Apr 14, 11:29AM CDT
Amazon has plenty of initiatives on its plate, but one that may be too tough to tackle is the issue of payments, despite how dominant the company is in e-commerce.
Stub Hub Selects eBay Enterprise for Customer Service Solutions
Business Wire - Mon Apr 14, 8:00AM CDT
eBay Enterprise(R), an eBay Inc. company, today announced it has signed a new agreement with StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, to provide customer service solutions to drive ticket sales.
eBay Canada partners with designers Anu Raina and MoonRox for 2014 Mother's Day Collective
CNW Group - Mon Apr 14, 6:00AM CDT
-Exclusive seven-piece giftable collection launches for sale on eBay.ca today, Monday, April 14-