Mobile Commerce

‘Modest’ Startup Helps SMBs Launch M-Commerce Apps
February 26, 2015

Harper Reed, who was the CTO of President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, is now thinking smaller. Specifically, he’s thinking about small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

eBay Will Not Build Its Own Payment Platform After The PayPal Split
February 26, 2015

It looks like there won’t be an ePay to go with eBay after the company’s split off from PayPal is complete. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Inside MasterCard’s Masters Of Code Global Hackathons: Round 1
February 26, 2015

Earlier this month, MasterCard kicked off its first-ever Masters of Code competition in Sydney, Australia. The 10-city event will traverse the globe, pitting developers, designers and entrepreneurs in friendly competition, using MasterCard-supplied APIs to create the most innovative prototypes for next-generation commerce applications. Just after...

Just How Connected Is The World?
February 26, 2015

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to reach the whole world, but for that to happen, Internet accessibility has to be available to the entire world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Diamond Mobile App Launches Touch ID
February 25, 2015

Diamond Bank is the first to bring fingerprint recognition to Africa. 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...

LendingClub Posts $32.9M Losses In 2014
February 25, 2015

LendingClub’s first post-IPO results are in, and they are not great. 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...

Canadian M-Commerce Company Acquired By Havas
February 24, 2015

One of the first entrants into the mobile payments space back in 2007, Toronto-based Plastic Mobile announced on Feb. 19 on its website that it was being acquired by Havas Media, the sixth largest communications group in the world. Get the Full Story Complete the...

How Consumers Use Mobile While Shopping​
February 24, 2015

Real-time price comparison has always been a common feature of online shopping, but more and more shoppers are using mobile phones for that same purpose in-store. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Target Cuts Free Shipping Threshold In Half
February 24, 2015

Target announced in a Feb. 23 press release that it will be lowering its minimum threshold for free shipping to $25 from the original $50 level in an effort to expand its offerings of the “most compelling” offers in online retail. Also, to cope with the...