Merchant Innovation

Pinterest’s Hold On Retail
August 06, 2015

When Pinterest launched in 2009, its co-founder and CEO of photo-sharing site Pinterest Ben Silbermann didn’t exactly have people beating down his door to tell him what a brilliant idea he had stumbled on, according to reports. In the era of real-time text feeds, people didn’t...

Alternative Finances
Building Up SMBs With Alternative Lending
August 06, 2015

The demand for small business loans is skyrocketing – but how can lenders keep up with meeting the needs of those who fall outside of the traditional lending reach? PYMNTS sat down with Ethan Senturia, co-founder and CEO of Dealstruck to discuss the importance of...

International
Snapdeal To Invest $100M In New Technologies
August 06, 2015

India’s eCommerce marketplace Snapdeal announced plans yesterday (Aug. 5) to make a significant investment of about $100 million in its Multimedia Research Lab in Bangalore over the next three years.

The “Go-To” Mobile Pay Players
August 06, 2015

Catching five major mobile pay players under one roof doesn’t happen often, but when it does it sparks a colorful discussion. That’s what happened yesterday at R2, where leading mobile wallet providers pitched why their platform is the “go-to” choice for mobile payments, and how...

Merchant Innovation
Same-Day Delivery Is Going To The Robots
August 06, 2015

Fourteen years ago, grocery delivery services Webvan crashed-and-burned when the dot.com bubble burst and took the pre-mobile service down with it. But now Webvan’s founder Louis Borders is back and he's bringing with him a plan to use a robot army to power same-day deliveries.

Merchant Innovation
Slyce Helps Consumers Cut Out Coupon Clipping
August 06, 2015

Visual search technology company Slyce announced the launch of its Snap-to-Coupon product for retailers Tuesday (Aug. 4), which allows customers to snap a photo of a retailer coupon and instantly generate a mobile-optimized version.

It’s A Wrap — Retail Reinvention Replay
August 06, 2015

R2 Retail Reinvention 2015 is over, but the conversations about retail reinvention and innovation have just begun.Catch the dialogue from industry leaders about how point of sale has evolved, how tech is influencing path to purchase, where social media fits into the retail mix, who...

Target Bets Big On Beacons
August 06, 2015

The beacons are coming, the beacons are coming. 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...

Apple Pay
Apple Pay Adoption: The Falling Side Of The Bell Curve
August 05, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]This time last year, the payments ecosystem was waiting. Everyone knew Apple’s payments play was eminent – but the details remained mysterious. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...