Europe’s biggest online fashion retailer is testing a mobile-app feature that will let users snap a picture and then get recommendations for similar clothing, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
After years of bank fee increases—both in type and amount—those fees may be on the decline. “Banks are making less of their money from customer-account fees than at any time in the past seven decades as strict government rules and changing consumer behavior squeeze a...
At its launch next Tuesday (Sept. 9), Apple may be able to announce the final elements needed for it to truly leverage the hundreds of millions of payment card details stored within its iTunes and AppStore databases, thanks to deals quietly cut with both Visa...
With the exception perhaps of the Starbucks mobile app, mobile apps for payment have been struggling to catch on with consumers. Some petroleum retailers, however, appear to making a go of it with apps that offer discounts on gasoline purchases at the pump. Get the...
Followers of PYMNTS mPos Tracker know that the essential truth of mobile point of sale is competition. It seems as though every day a new payments technology player is launching to audition for the world on the mPOS stage. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Mobile banking and payments company Monitise is tightening its new alliance with IBM, transferring hundreds of its U.K.-based professional services staff to IBM, according to Finextra. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Consumers like their mobile devices and they increasingly like shopping on them. But merchants wish more of that activity happened inside their own mobile apps. That’s exactly the opportunity that PayPal’s One Touch payments brings to merchants, said Braintree CEO Bill Ready, by making it...
Best Buy on Tuesday (Aug. 26) conceded that it was projecting a gloomy next couple of quarters, as the consumer electronics chain signaled its third consecutive year of falling revenue, the Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was $5 billion and in August 2012, it was $3.25 billion, Bloomberg noted. Get the Full...
