Payments News

22/05/2013

Since posting yesterday that Google are scrapping Google Checkout as of November this year, we’ve received a veritable deluge of emails regarding alternatives. Google Wallet isn’t currently available for merchants in the UK, however Google wanted to to clarify that Braintree and Shopify, two of Google’s recommendations as an alternative, both operate in the UK. [...]

20/05/2013

Google have at last officially announced that they’re finally killing off Google Checkout leaving merchants without a Google payment solution. Merchants will not be able to accept payments using Google Checkout after the 20th of November 2013. Google will no longer process payments for retailers The replacement – Google Wallet, doesn’t actually handle payments. It [...]

16/05/2013

It looks like Google are upping the ante with a new feature that lets you send Google Wallet funds via Gmail. Has anyone else heard more?

15/05/2013

Tonight’s Watchdog looked at PayPal and claims that they hold on to customer’s money putting businesses and jobs at risk. PayPal claims it’s system is quicker and safer than using a credit card, but is it too secure? Watchdog says “Yes” on behalf of those who’s funds have been put on hold and frozen out [...]

9/05/2013

Think the banks aren’t lending? Think again. They might not be keen on lending to you and me to fund our online enterprises and to other small businesses, but there appears to be plenty of loose cash floating around in the world’s economy for big business. According to the Wall Street Journal, Alibaba just raised [...]

1/05/2013

PayPal is rolling out a new identity solution designed to help streamline the mobile shopping experience – Log In With PayPal. Log In With PayPal is actually an upgrade for what was formerly known as PayPal Access. Whilst it looks very much like say a Facebook Connect login, PayPal are very keen to emphasise that [...]

24/04/2013

Back in July 2012 it was announced that Lloyds TSB was to sell 623 branches to the Co-operative bank along with 4.8 million customers which included about 100,000 business banking customers. If you’re a Lloyds customer and didn’t want to become a Co-operative bank customer then there’s good news for you. The Co-op has taken [...]

24/04/2013

If you’re interested in learning more about how to raise funds for your expansion plans, then ezbob are running a webinar tomorrow in partnership with eSellerPro. Aimed at sellers looking to expand internationally, purchase inventory, open or upgrade their stores the webinar will show you how to get up to £40,000 to grow your business. [...]

19/04/2013

Here’s another case of eBay and PayPal shutting down businesses for trading legally. This time it’s even more bizaare than the coffee shop, PayPal closed down a book shops account for offering to sell to various places including Cuba and Syria even though the book shop wouldn’t accept PayPal payments from those countries! Because the [...]

19/04/2013

A week ago it was eBay announcing that stamps from North Korea could no longer be sold on the site as of the 9th of April. Today PayPal have closed a York seller’s account with no notice for selling coffee from Cuba. The Independent reports today that York Coffee Emporium were selling a brand of [...]