On the day that Apple became the first U.S. company to end its business day with a market capitalization above $700 billion, CEO Tim Cook told an investment-conference audience that Apple Pay is rolling out “much faster” than he expected, and that in April, Apple...
NoshList, an app-based restaurant waitlist service, said on Tuesday (Feb. 10) that it’s changing its name to Waitlist Me — in large part because it’s no longer being used just by restaurants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Facebook’s new features that make it a bit easier for users to sell items represent a minor social commerce update. But they’re also a return to an old challenge: how to challenge Craigslist as the king of online classified ads, according to Bloomberg News. Get...
Are banks ready to hone in on mobile offers delivered via beacons? Beacon network Mobiquity is hoping that’s the case, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Wendy’s is looking to payments as a way to pull customers in and keep them returning. The fast-food chain is installing a standardized point-of-sale system in more than 2,600 locations to use as a mobile marketing platform, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story...
Beacons, it turns out, aren’t just for the big kids. The Niemann Foods supermarket chain is putting iBeacons in all 45 of its County Market stores across Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
While largely seen as a major Android phone carrier, Samsung wants to be thought of more like Apple than like other phones, in that it wants to have its own built-in ecosystem that its consumers can come to use in their everyday lives. One way...
China has blasted past the half-billion mobile users mark. A report from the Beijing government’s China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) says the number of mobile Internet users climbed to 557 million as of December 2014, up 11.4 percent from the year before, TechCrunch reported....
Apple has updated its list of financial institutions that fully support Apple Pay with another 15 banks and credit unions, bringing the total to 61, 9to5 Mac reported on Tuesday (Feb. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
