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Alibaba’s Path To Mobile Commerce Domination
May 14, 2015

Since going public last September, Alibaba has shown how an eCommerce company can set the bar for what it means to be the global leader in mobile commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Alibaba Appoints New Mobile-Centric CEO
May 08, 2015

Alibaba reported its fourth quarter earnings yesterday (May 7) and showed its continued dominance in mobile leadership in the eCommerce world, but the news of its newly appointed, mobile-focused CEO affirmed Alibaba’s position on driving its investments toward securing more mobile commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the...

How Mobile Gives Grocery’s Bricks More Clicks
May 07, 2015

When it comes to studying how consumers use mobile to shop, the grocery market is a particularly interesting case study. So much of the space is being disrupted by the growing number of online marketplaces offering online grocery delivery — which keeps many consumers out of...

Is Technology The Taxi Industry’s Lifeline?
May 05, 2015

Across major U.S. cities — from the heart of the Big Apple, to the Windy City and out west to the Golden Gate City, ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft have spent much of 2015 driving their share of controversy with the local taxicab market. Get the...

Scharf: Visa Will Do Better Job For Costco Than AmEx
May 01, 2015

Costco’s co-branded card is a tale of cities: New York City versus San Fransisco. To be more specific, it’s a tale of two payments networks: American Express and Visa. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Payments’ Retail Investment And The Value Chain
April 30, 2015

Every payments executive with a mobile payments app that he/she wants to put in market wants to know the answer to the million (or perhaps billion) dollar question: What will make consumers use it regularly? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Samsung Pay Is Still On Track, Galaxy S6 Is Fine After Plunging Q1
April 29, 2015

For Samsung, the good news is that Samsung Pay is on track and its just-out-this-month Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone is selling out. But that didn’t help its Q1 earnings, which plunged 39 percent as the company sold more less-expensive smartphones and the bottom dropped out...

Google Impresses But Misses Mark in Q1
April 24, 2015

“People expect to get exactly what they want, when they want it. As a company built on intent and immediacy, that’s good news for Google. Our job has always been to connect people with the exact thing they are looking for in the exact moment...

Politics And Robot Shoppers — This Week In Bitcoin
April 24, 2015

Politics and bitcoin have a lot in common: both face massive skepticism from the general public. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...