Merchant Innovation

Alternative Credit
Mobile Insiders: A VC Goes to Boston
April 22, 2014

Paul Purcell, co-founder of Continental Advisors, is on the Board of LevelUp, was the lead investor in WePay's recent capital raise and is on the management committee of Veritec, which is a POS software company that helps small dollar lenders remain compliant with state regs....

Merchant Innovation
These Start-ups Save Consumers Time and Money
April 22, 2014

Several e-commerce startups, including StarWind, global leader in software storage, highlight this week’s Startup Roundup.

Merchant Innovation
Security Enhanced for Google Wallet
April 22, 2014

Google wants to make a smartphone less attractive to theives.

Merchant Innovation
Domino’s Starts Taking Google Wallet Payments
April 22, 2014

Customers can now place an order for any one of the 5,000 Domino’s Pizza restaurants in the United States with Google Wallet.

Cross-border Payments
Why Israel is the Hot Bed for Payments Start-Ups
April 21, 2014

Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as "Start-Up Nation." PYMNTS correspondent Andy Freedman is in Israel with a view as to just what makes this Start-Up Nation such a hot...

Where Is the Second “Bitcoin” Boulevard?
April 21, 2014

The second 'Bitcoin Boulevard' in the world will start taking the digital currency on May 1.

Commentary
Walmart Banks on Cash
April 21, 2014

Walmart got the entire financial services industry buzzing last week with its Walmart-2-Walmart domestic P2P play. But what everyone forgot to focus on is the real story: the value of this service to the consumer, one that actually likes cash in this digital age. MPD...

Cybersecurity
Tribeca Film Festival Shows Off iBeacons to Display Offers
April 21, 2014

The annual film festival is taking advantage of one of the year's hottest tech trends by integrating iBeacon.

Merchant Innovation
Home Depot’s eCommerce Renovation Project
April 17, 2014

Home Depot’s nest location is also it’s largest and it is not a store – it’s a distribution center.  While the hardware box retail giant has up until now pursued a standard brick-and-mortar course to domination in its industry, it is now pursuing a corporate...