All articles by James Ratcliff

James Ratcliff

eBay acquires GSI Commerce

eBay is to acquire GSI Commerce, a provider of ecommerce and interactive marketing services, for $2.4 billion.

FX broker launches corporate payments service

Foreign exchange broker Moneycorp has launched a global online corporate payment request service PayCollect.

Google launches micropayments solution

Google has launched a micropayments solution – One Pass – that enables publishers to charge for online articles and other content.

New Ukash CEO to develop partnership model

Prepaid e-money provider Ukash has appointed David Hunter as its new CEO.

EC proposes EU-wide SEPA deadline

Once the regulation has been put in place, EU member states will have 12 months to replace their national credit transfer systems and two years to change their direct debits.

US telecoms JV enters m-payments market with fighting talk

Isis, an m-payments joint venture set up by mobile telecom operators Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA aims to become a “competitve alternative” to Visa and MasterCard as it plans to launch a network allowing consumers to pay for goods vis their mobile phones.