The smartphone revolution has well and truly disrupted the world of banking. A wide range of startups have cropped up that have completely removed the need to make visits to physical branches to open
China’s payments heavyweights have been following tourists abroad as their home market gets crowded. Ant Financial, Alibaba’s financial affiliate with a valuation of $150 billion, now see
China’s dominant mobile payment service is making its move in the U.S.. Ant Financial, the Alibaba spin-off that operates Alipay, has inked a deal with payment processor firm First Data that wi
As hundreds of newly minted Chinese millionaires and billionaires continue their global shopping spree, Ant Finacial Services is expanding its reach to make sure they can buy whatever they want, where
Many of us have tried new services, like online food ordering, subscription meals and signing with your finger on a tablet-based point-of-sale system; but the reality is that we are still in the early
2015 was not a good year for IPOs. In fact, it was the worst year for tech IPOs since the financial crisis in 2009, with more and more startups opting to remain private longer. Stock market swings st
Following the bell this afternoon, First Data reported its third-quarter financial performance, its first quarterly report since it recently went public. The company's debut was generally regarded as
This week's headlines saw both Square and First Data IPO, layoffs at Twitter, and a scathing Wall Street Journal report on Silicon Valley healthcare unicorn Theranos. On Bullish, TechCrunch hosted Mel
First Data priced its IPO tonight at $16 per share, beneath the expected range of $18 to $20, according to Bloomberg. Selling 160 million shares, the payments-processing company will raise $2.56 billi
Payment processor First Data today introduced a new, more portable point-of-sale system called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.firstdata.com/en_us/products/merchants/terminals-and-pos/clover-mobi
Payment technology solution provider First Data has acquired mobile gift card platform Gyft, a previous TechCrunch Disrupt battlefield company which offers a mobile app that lets consumers organize, s
In an effort to catch up with Square and Paypal, payment processing giant First Data has been quietly increasing its presence in the mobile payments market. As the largest credit card processing compa
Last year, payments processing giant First Data quietly acquired Andreessen Horowitz-backed <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/08/clover-raises-5-8m-from-andreessen-horowitz-launches-as-a-one-cli
In the sleepy Columbus, Ohio suburb of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Winchester,_Ohio" target="_blank">Canal Winchester</a> there is a shop that makes cupcakes. These are not ordinary cu