Shopping Cart Elite adds new CRM software in its eCommerce application
US: Shopping Cart Elite has announced its shopping cart system completed the integration with two new CRM software – Microsoft SharePoint and Highrise, making it easier for customers to expand eCommerce businesses in the long run. Microsoft SharePoint is collaboration software that helps simplify business intelligence, content management, search, and sharing for intranet and internet sites. Using this software, businesses can...
PayPal introduces new APIs and mobile SDK
MALAYSIA: The global online payment service provider PayPal has introduced a mobile SDK for iOS developers to deliver great mobile payment experiences without letting the customers to leave the developer’s app to pay and have more choices to pay such as simply click a PayPal button or scan a credit card using PayPal’s card.io technology. According to PayPal via its blog, they will release mobile SDK for other mobile platforms soon....
Access Prepaid and China’ ABC launch Cash Passport for travellers
CHINA: Access Prepaid, a prepaid card program management business owned by MasterCard WorldWide has formed a partnership with the Agricultural Bank of China to launch a traveller’s cheque product named Cash Passport which allows travellers who do not have credit card to shop without using cash in overseas, China Daily reported. Industry data showed that 80 million Chinese tourists went abroad in 2012, up 15 percent year-on-year,...
Transaction value of credit cards in Malaysia increases 9.1% in 2012
MALAYSIA: According to the report of “Emerging Opportunities in Malaysia’s Cards and Payments Industry: Market Size, Trends and Drivers, Strategies, Products and Competitive Landscape” published by Timetric, Malaysia’s transaction value of debit and credit cards recorded respective growth rates of 10.0 percent and 9.1 percent in 2012. The industry value registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.88 percent during the review...
PayPal to stop personal payments in Singapore
SINGAPORE: PayPal has a plan to stop offering personal payments such as cash gifts or living allowances in Singapore due to regulatory instruction, the PayPers reported. According to the report, PayPal did the same for users in Japan, Taiwan and Brazil in 2010.
Zoho.com supports 2Checkout payment processing service
MALAYSIA: 2Checkout, an online payment processing service that bundles a payment gateway and merchant account into a single package for simple integration announced that Zoho.com has integrated its invoicing application and accounting application with 2Checkout. Zoho.com, a division of Zoho Corporation (Zoho) offers a comprehensive suite of online business, productivity & collaboration applications from CRM to Mail, Office Suite,...
Google launches online disaster alerts service for residents in Japan
JAPAN: Google, via its blog announced Google Public Alerts was launched in Japan. Google Public Alerts is a platform designed to provide accurate and relevant emergency alerts when and where you’re searching for them online. It is the first international expansion of a service Google debuted last year in US. With Google Public Alerts, relevant earthquake and tsunami warnings for Japan will now appear on Google Search, Google Maps and...
Facebook to have new design with new types of feed
MALAYSIA: Facebook on Thursday announced that over the coming weeks they will roll out the new version of Facebook designed to reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about. Facebook users will see the stories in a fresh new look with more vibrant and colorful. The new design of Facebook also comes with several new feed as follow: All Friends – a feed that shows you everything your friends are sharing...
Skype releases version 3.2 for Android
MALAYSIA: Skype has released a new version of Skype for Android with added new function that allows users to call everyone on Messenger straight from their Android device. Latest Skype version also changed its design for 7” tablets to use the same design as they have for the smartphones.
IDS says employees with e-commerce role get higher pay
US: According to the result of a survey conducted by IDS, an employment research arm of Thomson Reuters, 2013 e-commerce or online roles are valued higher than IT support roles by organisations that include Heineken, British Airways, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Transport for London, Computer World reported.
