Merchant Innovation

To Share Or Not To Share: The Retailer’s Data Dilemma
October 27, 2015

As of 2015, it is no longer really controversial to name data and its successful use as one of the key arrows in any retailer’s quiver. Retailers are almost always on the hunt for new and better ways to capture and leverage the data –...

Android Pay Pushes New Loyalty Program
October 27, 2015

Android would like to buy the world a Coke. 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,...

Keeping Up With The Omnishoppers
October 27, 2015

As the shopping behaviors and preferences of consumers continue to change, developers are in a unique position to empower merchants to meet the demand. In the October installment of the PYMNTS Developer TrackerTM, powered by Vantiv, we explore how new technologies and innovation are being...

Karen Webster
Mobile Payments’ Great Big Leap
October 26, 2015

There’s a perfect storm brewing in payments – one that’s intensifying because of the shift to EMV. And one that could accelerate the adoption of mobile payments. But not the way that you think, says MPD CEO Karen Webster. The impressive results that merchants are...

Earnings Edition Pt. 1: Amazon, Amex and eBay
October 26, 2015

There are many reasons to fall behind the news. Sometimes the news is so terribly uninteresting to watch that it just seems better to stick with Netflix. Sometimes the news is hard to take seriously because it really seems as though it might be some...

Airbnb And How Not To Make Friends And Influence People
October 24, 2015

It is no fun when the regulators and other rule-makers come to call — a reality that anyone who has worked long in financial services or any type of consumer-facing business knows pretty well. Rules and regulations are, in general, a good thing and regardless...

Amazon
Have Amazon’s Chickens Come Home To Roost?
October 23, 2015

Amazon’s Q3 earnings announcement is a tale of two companies. 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...

Merchant Innovation
Creditera Rebrands, Enhances SMB Financing Marketplace
October 23, 2015

SMB credit reporting company Creditera is undergoing extensive reform by realigning its business finance offerings with the launch of a new online marketplace for small businesses and rebranding itself as “Nav.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Apple Pay
Apple Year Two: Game On
October 23, 2015

Apple’s week started off in a celebratory manner, as the payments and commerce ecosystem spent much of Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of Apple Pay. PYMNTS got so excited that we even threw a party — and invited 13 of the smartest and sharpest in the industry to...