Nearly a third of merchants who participated in a recent survey believe mPOS to be riskier than standard e-commerce offerings. As more merchants march onward to replace their POS systems with mobile solutions, unprotected data is providing a slew of opportunities for malware to damage...
2014 was an exciting year for payments, and digital solutions played an important role in rewriting the rules of product design and customer engagement. Did anyone have a better September than Jack Ma, CEO and founder of Alibaba, whose business is largely online powered via...
Most Americans were unfamiliar with the Chinese company Alibaba until last September, when the e-Commerce giant launched its IPO to an eager Wall Street and started the talk of an upcoming showdown between Alibaba and Amazon for the wallets of the public. Get the Full...
As more transactions become digitized every month, either through the traditional swiping of credit cards of through more advanced payment methods like ApplePay, the risks of online fraud and damaged credit ratings become more pronounced. Currently, online fraud costs the economy over $190 billion a...
With just 30 employees and three warehouses, Boxed, a mobile application for wholesale shopping, has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The merchant reaction to Apple Pay has varied across the board since the platform’s release in October of last year. Some, like Whole Foods, McDonald’s and Disney, jumped up ASAP and never looked back. Other merchants, notably those who have signed on with CurrentC, seem...
An old saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but that saying may not be as true for technology. Unable to actually copy Apple’s Touch ID without incurring huge legal costs, Samsung decided to try and make as close to a carbon...
How does a company that relies on teenagers for the bulk of its commerce keep sales up in an increasingly competitive fashion environment? By taking the advertising to the one thing any teenager in America can’t bear to be apart from for more than a...
As mobile marketing and distribution matures, we can get a pretty decent glimpse of what the end goal is for companies with strong mobile marketing presences: control over all means of production, sale and distribution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
