U.S. small business confidence took a major hit recently, as the optimism levels of SME owners plummeted to a 15-month low of 94.1 in June, down from 98.3 the month prior. But the latest Small Business Optimism Index results show small business confidence made a...
When MPD CEO Karen Webster kicked off Retail Reinvention 2015 last week (Aug. 4-5), she reminded the room of industry innovators from across the retail, payment and commerce landscape they had a front row seat to the reinvention of retail. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
As eCommerce surges, and EMV gathers steam, so too will hacking attempts on CNP activity. CA Technologies says additional layers of security are needed, in real time, to weed out risky transactions.
While mostly unknown and unheard of 15 years ago, the market has been suddenly and undeniably flooded with alternative lenders looking to connect small businesses with their next loan. There are lots of options and innovators within the world of SMB financing — and that...
Americans polled in the latest Survey of Consumer Expectations from the New York Federal Reserve Bank are not looking to splurge on much in the coming year.
Canada’s alternative small business lending market is slowly being saturated with new competition, and the industry has earned a new wave of attention thanks to U.S.-based OnDeck’s plans to go public up north. But a different trend is emerging that sees Canadian players launching operations...
Payroll cards are expected to wipe out paper checks. Recent research found that this year alone, employers will issue more payroll cards to employees than they will checks. But two recent cases in Pennsylvania and New York reveal a growing divide among employers and workers...
If you asked most Americans what Amazon does, the vast majority would say something along the lines of “big online retailer.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
The average dweller of a developed nation is exposed to as much data in 24 hours as the average 15th century peasant was exposed to over the course of their entire life, according to new BBC calculations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
