1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on EU offers Spain veto right over Gibraltar after Brexit talks
EU offers Spain veto right over Gibraltar after Brexit talks
The EU on Friday offered Spain veto rights over the future relationship between Gibraltar and the bloc after Brexit.
1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Alipay And Visa Debut ValiPay
Alipay And Visa Debut ValiPay
In payments, it can be all about the brand.
Perhaps that might explain the surprise announcement that Ant Financial’s online payments platform Alipay will be linking with Visa to establish a new payment method targeted to millennials and enable acceptance at any online merchant that accepts Visa Checkout.
The stunner: Paris Hilton will be the face of the joint effort, to be named “ValiPay.”
In an announcement, the two tech and commerce juggernauts conceded that “you simply cannot get traction, or even a headline, without the word pay in it.”
1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on CFPB Revamps Structure, Debuts ‘Celebrity Director’ At Trump’s Urging
CFPB Revamps Structure, Debuts ‘Celebrity Director’ At Trump’s Urging
In an effort to make everyone happy, the CFPB has taken a page from the Donald Trump show business canon.
“In effect, we are going to have a rotating cast of celebrity apprentices,” explained current-but-soon to be former Director Richard Cordray, at a press conference called hastily on April 1. “We came up with the idea for this when we had a meeting with President Trump and some of his producers — I mean, staffers. The best way out of a constitutional showdown is a bit of the ol’ razzle-dazzle.”
1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Apple Pay Introduces The ‘Cry’ Feature
Apple Pay Introduces The ‘Cry’ Feature
On the heels of the latest round of mobile wallet adoption numbers and the findings that 19 out of every 20 consumers with an iPhone that can use Apple Pay at a merchant that accepts it does not, the team at Apple has introduced a new feature aimed at driving customer adoption.
1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Will Bike Share Say Goodbye To The Dock?
Will Bike Share Say Goodbye To The Dock?
Picture New York City’s Citi Bike program, the largest of its kind in the U.S. What’s the first image that comes to mind? The nifty blue bikes, of course.
But after that, it’s likely the rows upon rows of docking stations that populate popular commercial, tourist and business districts.
1 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Breaking News: The Kardashians Buy Sears
Breaking News: The Kardashians Buy Sears
You’ve heard of the “softer side” of Sears — but what about the “selfie side” of Sears? It seems within the next several months, we are all going to get a firsthand view of what that might look like, because the Kardashian klan has officially bought out troubled retailer Sears.
Mostly by accident, according to family spokesperson and national treasure Kim Kardashian.