For merchants with a bricks-and-mortar presence, promoting a store is more about location, eye-catching signage and the right marketing strategies. But in a busy online marketplace where millions of merchants are competing for those millions of buyers, there’s one key strategy that translates from physical...
Amid rumblings of a merger or acquisition, Salesforce delivered a strong first quarter performance when it posted its 2015 Q1 earnings results last week. Beating analyst expectations, the software giant reported earnings per share of 16 cents for the quarter ending April 30, 2 cents...
Each week, PYMNTS will turn the B2B spotlight on a single nation. This week we take a look at Australia, whose emerging alternative finance industry is gaining speed fast. Digital payments are now the norm in certain sectors and businesses are open to non-bank payment...
The fleet card market is expected to grow $35 billion by 2019, a more than $20 billion increase from its current value. However, it still remains a highly fragmented and underpenetrated sector. Providers’ abilities to negotiate discount deals with fuel companies seeking more visits to...
The last 12 months have been good for alternative financial services. And this is quantifiable from a variety of vantage points. A decade ago, alternative financial services was mostly a euphemism for seeing a quasi-reputable, or in some cases totally irreputable lender. In the last year alone,...
So here’s a question. When is a prepaid card actually a credit card? Here’s an answer: When the CFPB says so. The CFPB recently released nearly 900 pages of proposed rule changes for prepaid products which would reclassify some prepaid products as credit products. That...
Meet Alok Bhanot, EVP and Chief Technology Officer at Verifone. Having more than 20 years of experience driving new ideas for global technology organizations, he knows what he’s talking about when he talks innovation. And that’s just what he did with PYMNTS, as part of...
Thirty-two movies will be released this summer of 2015, making it one of the most prolific summer movie seasons ever. Here at PYMNTS.com, we’d like to think that Hollywood isn’t the only content producing machine with a lock on blockbusters. Take, for instance, some of...
Amazon’s 2015 so far is a tale of big announcements, marketplace rollouts and unique takes on commerce in the hyper-connected world that’s transforming into an Internet of Things phenomenon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
