India is catching up to China’s milestones. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree...
The suspension of two foreign banks by the Chinese government from doing at least some cross-border business in yuan until at least March 2016 begs the question of whether the country is limiting cross-border transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
In a first for the Seattle-based chain, Starbucks has officially launched an online store in China on Alibaba’s Tmall as part of what the company referred to as an effort to expand its digital reach and consumer base in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Get...
2015 saw stocks gyrate on central bank policy switch ups around the globe. The trend is likely to persist as bankers seek to fine-tune monetary policy to suit their respective situations – but the ripple effects can be contagious.
If there’s anything that retail should learn from the now-deposed king of social media outrage Martin Shkreli, it’s that consumers always have a line they don’t want businesses to cross. For Shkreli, raising the price of life-saving medications should have been a no-brainer if he...
While Hong Kong has traditionally been the favored shopping destination of Chinese mainland consumers looking to grab up luxury items, it looks like 2015 may see the biggest drop in retail sales since 2003. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
In 2015, the opportunities in cross-border commerce were limited only to the size of the globe itself … yet merchants seem ill-prepared to seize them. The PYMNTS Cross-Border Payments Optimization Index measures how much work remains for a merchant community that has only seen the...
As the FinTech industry heats up in the U.S., there’s one particular country that’s setting the pace for the financial tech world: China and its Internet companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The dotcom boom of the 1990s fooled many investors into believing that the digital revolution would lead to an unending source of profit and revenue, but that didn’t stop them from learning many a hard lesson. Now, however, that newfound skeptical attitude is being applied...
