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American Express with Twitter launches “Pay by Tweet” Service

February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Now, Twitter users can easily pay for the products by just tweeting with the new American Express payment system that has been integrated by American Express on Twitter. Amex announced a new social commerce experience that turns Twitter #hashtags into purchases in a unique and seamless way. This new service launched by American Express with Twitter will let people who link their cards to their Twitter accounts buy products simply by tweeting in response to special offers made over the … [Read more...]

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Gift Cards India completes 1st Year of Operations; Reports over $1 million in revenues; Malur Narayan from TCS joins Board of Advisors

April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Giftcardsindia.in, an online portal dedicated to selling gift cards online, has reported the completion of its first year of operations. The company, which has gifting options of over 160 brands, has reported over $1 million in sales with over 60K cards sold. Speaking on the completion of operations of the first year, Cory York, Co-founder and CEO, GiftcardsIndia, said, “We had a huge demand from our 160 brand network to move from paper to plastic & digital gift cards.” The … [Read more...]

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Amex makes $100 million move into digital startups

November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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AmEx found its new way into an area that's a bit outside the usual purview of the credit card giant: digital commerce. The company intends to invest $100 million in startups focused on mobile and online payments, among other things. The US$100 million program is designed to help identify and develop innovative technologies to aid the company's digital transformation and strengthen connections to customers around the world. The credit card company is set to make mostly minority investments in … [Read more...]

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