Merchant Innovation

Merchant Innovation
Tripping Raises $5-$10 Million To Become the Kayak Of Vacation Rentals
May 20, 2014

As summer looms and Americans contemplate vacations, there is a segment of the population on whom the charm of a hotel is lost. Until now, those whose preferences ran toward vacation home rental had a good deal of internet combing to do to find the...

B2B Payments
Trover Launches Payments Integrity Division
May 19, 2014

Trover Solutions, which provides insurance subrogation, claims recovery and cost containment solutions has announced the launch of a Payments Integrity Solutions division focuses specifically on health payers’ ability to ensure payments are made and logged accurately and that they reach the hands of the correct providers....

Commentary
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
May 19, 2014

Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog that will optimistically take 5 years but more likely 10 to complete. That got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking,...

CEO Series
CEO Series: BlueSnap Takes Charge in Cross-Border Payments
May 19, 2014

In this installment of the PYMNTS CEO Series, Karen Webster speaks with Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, to learn his thoughts on payments innovation, how the industry is changing and more. Where does Dangelmaier believe young innovators should look for innovative ideas, and what advice...

B2B Payments
Report: Global C-Card Sales Volume To Reach $1.8 Trillion By 2015, With UnionPay Looming
May 19, 2014

Visa, MasterCard and American Express have had a firm grip on the global commercial card market for years. While they still maintain that control, China UnionPay, which recently overtook Visa as the world’s top debit card network, is seeing fast expansion of its commercial card...

Acquiring
Will Visa’s New Acquiring Fees Hurt or Help Aggregators?
May 19, 2014

Visa announced a new fixed acquirer network fee policy recently which will take effect next April. Targeted at aggregators, instead of combining merchants under a single tax ID, aggregators must use individual tax IDs for each merchant. Who’s going to be helped or hurt?

Merchant Innovation
Can Target’s New CEO Get The Company Back On Course?
May 19, 2014

In their first public discussion with analysts since CEO Gregg Steinhafel stepped down suddenly two weeks ago, Target will be discussing its first quarter earnings report, scheduled to be released Wednesday. CFO John Mulligan is has taken over as interim CEO and will be discussing the company’s...

Merchant Innovation
Will Diapers.com Founder Go Back to Competing with Amazon?
May 19, 2014

You can’t keep an e-commerce enthusiast out of the game for long, as Marc Lore is demonstrating as he plots his follow-up to Quidsi, the parent company of renowned internet mother’s little helper Diapers.com, and somewhat less known Soap.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Merchant Innovation
LevelUp and Revention’s Team-Up
May 19, 2014

Revention Point of Sale Solutions has integrated with LevelUp- the mobile commerce start-up that leverages QR code technology to execute mobile transactions via smartphones. Revention specializes in customizable restaurant and entertainment management solutions that are designed to streamline internal processes in restaurants. Since the LevelUp’s main customer...