Apple continues to cut a path of domination through the mobile space. According to a new study by Opera Mediaworks, Apple led 2014 in ad revenue by a wide margin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Go back five years and the concept of mobile gross merchandise volume (GMV) was hardly a dot on the commerce map. It was more of a speculative vision without a substantial user base to determine if mobile was worth investing during a time when budgets...
MasterCard’s Masters of Code Hackathon Series officially kicks off today in Sydney, Australia, focusing first on mobile commerce innovation. Following Sydney, the Series will move to other parts of the world, encompassing themes like security, financial inclusion and commerce innovation. In a recent interview, Mario...
MasterCard has opened its largest Tech Hub outside of the U.S. in Pune, India, and plans to roll out its mobile payments system in April, the card brand said on Wednesday (Feb. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
In an effort to respond to the increasingly urban, digitally connected population, Target has announced the opening of 15 stores this year in major American cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Dubbed “TargetExpress,” these stores are only 20,000 square feet and...
Mobile shopping has come to be understood as a way for brick-and-mortar stores to increase traffic and sales inside the four walls of their establishment, but a survey from November 2014 released by Contact Solutions shows that the idea of the “showrooming” customer is superseded...
German payments company Wirecard gave the world a first peek at its new wearable device that functions like a digital wallet worn as a wristband. The device, called the Smart Band, can be used to store credit cards, ID cards and even tickets. Though only...
Tim Cook may say that 2015 is the “Year of Apple Pay” but 2015 might be the year in which the split between card-present, NFC, in-store, card-not-present, online and in-app, begin to disappear, Matt Barr, SVP of Emerging Payments for the U.S., MasterCard told MPD...
Last month, PayPal found itself with a new competitor in Latin American mobile wallet startup Yepex. Now, Yellow Pepper, the company that started that mobile wallet, got some extra funding that could heat up the competition even more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...