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This week, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) announced a partnership with payments processor Stripe Inc. that will let the social media site's users buy goods using a 140-character tweet. The deal is expected to significantly boost Twitter's user engagement and could also help the site grow...

In a report published Friday, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck offered a quick thought on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)'s CEO search, noting that a decision could "come as early as next week." Peck continued that Twitter will announce a "Triumvirate of leadership"...

After a poor performance in driving up user growth and engagement in the second quarter, many bare asking the question if Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) needs a full-time CEO and whether Jack Dorsey is the right candidate to run the company. Bradley "Brad" Gastwirth, CEO of ABR Investment Strategy, was...

The New York Times recently published a piece that highlighted how Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)’s new interim CEO, Jack Dorsey, is trying to follow in the footstep of Steve Jobs by being CEO of two high-profile tech companies (Twitter and Square) at the same time. Spencer Rascoff, Zillow...

Most people use United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) to ship items overnight, but few options are available for faster or same-day shipping. In some cases a courier might actually cost more than the value of the item being shipped. This poses a significant...

Thomas McCrohan of Sterne Agee published a report on Friday detailing his top 10 predictions within the Payments and Financial Technology sector. Below are the analyst's predictions: eBay Inc's (NASDAQ: EBAY) PayPal will launch an alternative banking product which may include a...

Snapchat is leaping into uncharted territory for the messaging giant. On Monday, November 17, Snapchat announced a partnership with Square (a payment processing company). This partnership will allow Snapchat users to send and receive payments through the messaging system. Snapcash is...

The online payments space has become increasingly crowded in the last few years. Devices and startups have mushroomed to challenge PayPal, Inc.'s dominance. In response, the San Jose-based company has pursued an aggressive growth strategy, launching new products and partnering with existing...

Any big new project by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would be, by definition, news. Such was the case when sources told Re/code that the company had been interviewing senior payments industry executives ahead of a plan to launch an electronic payments business. With nearly 600 million iTunes accounts –...

On Monday Square joined swelling ranks of companies accepting bitcoin. This follows the news that VC bitcoin investment is projected to reach $300 million this year. Overstock, Tiger Direct, Zynga, Virgin Galactic, Stripe, the Sacramento Kings, and now Square are validating bitcoin as a...

How could one improve on a mobile app that lets customers use their smartphone to pay for merchandise while standing in line at a store? How about one that lets you pre-pay in the cloud, avoiding the line all together? According to TechCrunch, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reportedly just acquired...

One down, one to go. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Jack Dorsey's company, Square, is in the early stages of an IPO. Dorsey has reportedly held talks with potential underwriters Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). Dorsey is best known as being the co-creator of...

Jack Dorsey has had a lot of difficult jobs. As the co-founder of Twitter, Dorsey helped build a company that has become the world's second-largest social media site. When he returned to the company as its Chairman, he faced the challenge of taking Twitter to the next level as it attempted to...