Infographic: eCommerce Today
The people at Cuecommerce have put together an infographic with some of the latest stats on global ecommerce.
ProPay Expands Global Ecommerce Solution
ProPay, a TSYS company and industry leader in merchant services, payment security and mobile payments, announced the launch of Shop in Your Currency™, a multi-currency processing solution powered by Planet Payment, for ProPay merchants. Shop in Your Currency empowers ProPay’s e-commerce merchants to more effectively target foreign markets and grow international sales. With the solution,
Chek Africa Launches Cheklocums.co.za
Chek Africa Holdings, a South Africa privately owned eCommerce Company, announced the launch of cheklocums.co.za, a real-time e-recruitment platform focused solely to locum professionals and employers in the healthcare industry. The platform embraces the locum industry by encompassing its innate flexibility with functionally rich e-recruitment solutions, making it the ideal tool for healthcare employers to
Deloitte: E-Commerce and Payments Fraud High Priority but Solutions Lacking
E-commerce and payments fraud remains high on the agenda for consumer-facing organizations, according to a recent Deloitte online poll. Nearly half (47 percent) of executives and managers reported that fraud protection ranks as a “high priority” for their organization and a further eight percent cited this as their organization’s number one priority. Despite fraud prevention
Groupon Announces Acquisition of Korea’s Ticket Monster
Groupon announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Ticket Monster, a leading Korean ecommerce company owned by LivingSocial, Inc., for $260 million in cash and stock. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2014. “Ticket Monster is a perfect fit for Groupon as we continue to transition our business globally
InventCommerce Expands in South Africa, Partners with Magento and Hybris
InventCommerce announced the move to larger offices in Cape Town to accommodate their continuing growth in the region. InventCommerce founders Kevin Ludford and Jason Bramsden started the company with the aim of building an innovative eCommerce platform and solutions integrator business to support retailers and merchants, dedicated to helping their clients leverage the best from
CDNetworks Adds New Points of Presence in Kuwait and Cairo
CDNetworks has extended its global network to both Kuwait and Cairo, Egypt for greater coverage in fast growing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets, joining points of presence in Israel, Iraq, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. “With the growth in online shopping in the Middle East, competition is increasing,” said Jeff
FirstBank Partners 3AL to Launch Social Commerce Platform
In its bid to continually improve banking services and ease customers’ experience, FirstBank is set to change the way consumers and merchants facilitate payment for goods and services using social and digital media. FirstBank in conjunction with 3AL limited has built a portal to provide various services which include retail, insurance products and e-ticketing solutions.
eBay Introduces New Features to Personalise and Localise
As technology continues to change the way people shop, eBay today introduced a set of new features that make browsing and buying on eBay more personalized and inspiring. The company also announced a series of steps it is taking to accelerate its efforts in local commerce, including plans to extend its popular eBay Now delivery
Mobile Shopping on the Rise this Christmas
About 32% of participants in a survey conducted on bidorbuy in September 2013 will do their Christmas shopping on a mobile device this year. Although the majority of online shoppers still prefer their computers, this shows that South Africans are becoming increasingly comfortable with buying on a cell phone or a tablet. As many as
