NACHA’s long-awaited Secure Vault Payments (SVP) program, which lets consumers make guaranteed payments online through the automated clearing house network, officially became a commercially available product on Thursday after a pilot that began in the spring of 2008. The new product can now be offered by any bank linked to the nearly ubiquitous ACH network … read more here
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RIM Duels With Droid
September 15, 2010 by
For the past few years, Research in Motion Inc. has been fighting a rear-guard defense of its BlackBerry smartphones against Apple Inc.’s iPhones. Now there’s another competitor on the horizon in the business market: phones powered by Google Inc.’s Android software. Requests to connect Android phones to corporate email are popping up in the inboxes … read more here
Seedcamp Week 2010: Europe fires up the warp drive for the Enterprise
September 14, 2010 by
Seedcamp, the roving pan-European startup programme which seems to have the momentum of a juggernaut these days, kicked off its big week this week in London at University College London with a record number of teams, 23 this year picked from 900 applicants, and over 100 mentors taking to teams from 16 regions throughout EMEA. … read more here
CURRENCIES: Euro Tops $1.30 After Data; Yen At 15-year High
September 14, 2010 by
The dollar dropped against the euro on Tuesday as U.S. stocks turned higher and a report showed U.S. retail sales and business inventories rose more than expected. The data eased investors’ worries about the outlook for the global economy, making them more willing to buy riskier assets, including stocks and commodities, and moving away from … read more here
Seedcamp Week 2010: heels and deals
September 13, 2010 by
Milo Yiannopoulos finds fashion and financial prudence dominating this year’s Seedcamp finalists. I’m at University College London, reporting from Seedcamp Week, which kicks off today and runs until Friday. Now in its fourth year, Seedcamp Week is the largest and highest-profile event of its kind in Europe, bringing together 20 or so early-stage technology companies, … read more here
