There’s been a lot of talk about what the Internet of Things will eventually be able to do — link home thermostats to residents’ locations, help commuter trains run more efficiently and much more. However, has enough thought been given to the infrastructure that will...
The United Kingdom-based money transfer company TransferWise is in the midst of discussions with a number of lenders about embedding the company’s money transfer functions into financial institutions’ smartphone applications. [bctt tweet=”TransferWise is in discussions with a number of lenders about embedding services into smartphone...
When the news of Android Pay’s launch broke in June, MPD CEO Karen Webster made a case about why Android Pay wasn’t really about payments at all. Six months later, it seems that assertion is coming to fruition. In a recent interview with Webster, Pali Bhat, Google’s Director...
Jack Dorsey is leading a double life, though, unfortunately, it does not involve being Batman. Every morning, Monday through Friday, he is the CEO of Twitter, but by the light of afternoon, after a short run through San Francisco’s Market district, he transforms into the...
Fraud and risk control, and real time payments dominate the “must haves” for financial institutions, yet many FIs lack the technology in place to meet those needs. Here’s how IBM says firms should move ahead in adopting new platforms.
According to the latest forecasts released by eMarketer, retail and eCommerce sales in the U.S. will reach (or get within striking distance of) $5 trillion in 2016. In 2015, North American eCommerce and retail sales were worth $5.254 trillion, $4.785 trillion of which came from...
Just like you’ve always hoped (or maybe not), your iPhone can now be more like an Android phone — at least, in terms of the latter’s contextual commerce feature. Thanks to a recent update to mobile app Relevant, which promises “your daily routine all in one...
Well, once again, the race to the end of the holiday shopping sprint is near. The Christmas shopping season has officially less than one week left to it, and at least for the next eight days, millions of customers will descend upon the nation’s retailers...
Not two weeks since we learned that the grand pappy of MCX, Walmart was launching Walmart Pay, we learn that another of its anchor tenants, Target, plans to do the same. Reuters reported late on Friday (Dec. 18) that Target is reportedly developing its own mobile...
