As retailers like Target focus attention and dollars toward the digital-first era to keep up with consumer habits, it’s likely that shift impacts another segment of the business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The power of location-based services has only increased in the restaurant industry, but will it last? 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...
By the end of 2018, U.S. card-not-present fraud losses are expected to reach $6.4 billion. While the U.S. migrates to EMV to help prevent card-present fraud, the fraudsters are migrating their focus to the online world. Organized crime rings are increasingly nabbing funds in jaw-dropping,...
What’s the fastest growing mobile money market in the world? Africa. So much so that smartphone penetration across the continent is expected double in just four years - increasing from 17 percent in 2014 to 34 percent by the end of 2018. That’s of course...
Any merchant has the ability to compete when it comes to selling cross-border. But competing to win, says Rick Barbari, Group VP at Digital River, is a whole different ball game. Winning at cross-border commerce not only requires a merchant to know and enable preferred...
MasterCard solidified its commitment to the cross-global payments market on Tuesday (March 3) when it released a press release to announce its partnership with Zimbabwe’s Steward Bank. The move aims to bring remittance services to more than 1.5 million account holders — allowing its customers to...
The number of global smartphones used to make in-store contactless payments is predicted to increase by 1,000 percent this year. And as the annual Mobile World Congress comes to an end tomorrow, one thing that’s become even clearer: mobile will continue to be a remarkable...
MasterCard will be issuing every adult in Egypt a mobile-based debit card account that will double as a national ID card, the card brand and the Egyptian government announced on Tuesday (March 3) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Get the Full Story Complete the...
For Apple Pay, it’s 98 and counting. Apple confirmed on Tuesday (March 3) that 17 more financial institutions have gone live with full Apple Pay support in the past two weeks, bringing the total just shy of the century mark, 9to5 Mac reported. Get the...
