Mobile Commerce

How MasterCard Will Bring Tokenization To Asia-Pacific
March 17, 2015

Across the Asia-Pacific region, each market is on its own path to secure digital transactions. In Australia, two-thirds of MasterCard transactions are already contactless in-store payments. In more emerging markets like Indonesia, consumers are just getting online to transact with mobile devices, but are well...

Pay With A Smile With Alipay
March 17, 2015

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Loyalty & Rewards
The Store That Sports Omnichannel
March 17, 2015

Sporting goods chain Dick’s has discovered that its brick-and-mortar stores aren’t competing with its eCommerce effort — they’re boosting it. ECommerce grew to almost 15 percent of the 640-store chain’s total sales in Q4 2014 after a new in-store mobile-device push, according to Mobile Commerce...

Square Discontinuing Order App
March 16, 2015

Just about a year ago Square pulled its consumer facing digital wallet – Square Wallet – in favor of a new app called Order. Order allowed consumers to place their coffee order (and purchase it) from their smart phone. Get the Full Story Complete the...

India M-Wallet Streamlines Bank Transfers
March 16, 2015

One97’s mobile wallet payment service Paytm, an India-based and Alibaba-backed service, has launched a feature in its mobile wallet that will allows its customers a more streamlined bank transfer process. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
A CEO’s Perspective on Globalizing a Corporate Payments Business
March 13, 2015

Meet Melissa Smith, President and CEO of WEX, a leading provider of corporate payment solutions around the world. Smith has been with WEX for nearly two decades, and has played a key role in its dramatic growth as a public company. In 2014, Smith was...

Report: 80 Percent Of Companies Fail Payment Data Security Tests
March 13, 2015

According to a report put out by Verizon Communications, four-fifths of companies fail interim compliance assessments for payment card data security. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

MasterCard On Barcelona’s Biggest Themes
March 13, 2015

This year’s Mobile World Congress may have ended a week ago, but post-conference conversations on where mobile’s going next abound. Following exciting, game-changing announcements made by MasterCard and other key players in the space, MPD CEO Karen Webster sat down with Jorn Lambert, Group Executive...

Loyalty & Rewards
Who’s Prepping For Apple Watch Apps?
March 13, 2015

Starwood Hotels and BMW are among the luxury brands that are putting the finishing touches on apps for the Apple Watch during the run-up to its availability on April 24, Luxury Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...