This week’s Weekly Wire features Google’s new hands-free payment technology, Uber’s investment in international expansion, and Facebook’s Spotify integration.
On-Demand
HotelTonight CEO Sam Shank doesn’t want to disrupt all hotels – just Hilton and Marriott
Luxe could be getting $50M from Hertz at $110M pre-money valuation
Uber spends big on international expansion
Payments
Banks are teaming up to launch a Venmo killer
Google experiments with a way to pay without taking out your phone
Samsung Pay adds Wells Fargo support for US cardholders
Mobile Apps
Facebook Messenger integrates with Spotify
How mobile apps “ate” brick and mortar retail – and what needs to happen next
Snapchat rivals Facebook with 8B video views on its app every day
