The mobile app market is expected to be over $50 billion by 2015 as a continuation of the exponential growth that the market has seen in the last few years, according to The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Nearly a third of merchants who participated in a recent survey believe mPOS to be riskier than standard e-commerce offerings. As more merchants march onward to replace their POS systems with mobile solutions, unprotected data is providing a slew of opportunities for malware to damage...
As more transactions become digitized every month, either through the traditional swiping of credit cards of through more advanced payment methods like ApplePay, the risks of online fraud and damaged credit ratings become more pronounced. Currently, online fraud costs the economy over $190 billion a...
With just 30 employees and three warehouses, Boxed, a mobile application for wholesale shopping, has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The merchant reaction to Apple Pay has varied across the board since the platform’s release in October of last year. Some, like Whole Foods, McDonald’s and Disney, jumped up ASAP and never looked back. Other merchants, notably those who have signed on with CurrentC, seem...
What’s wrong with a consumer who eats lunch out every day, prefers Starbucks to the office Keurig coffee machine and splurges on Uber instead of public transportation? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Two of the top challenges that financial institutions must face today include needs-based and multi-channel payments. Digital business is blurring the boundaries between industries, but one big question remains: will traditional payments be one of them? In a recently debuted video, Gartner along with Alaric,...
In a push to get customer dollars deposited on their pre-paid product, T-Mobile CEO John Legere used Twitter to announce that customers who elect to have their income tax refund directly deposited to their T-Mobile Visa Prepaid Card will get a $20 credit. The Mobile Money tax...
2014 was the that mPOS went mainstream: mPOS became ATMs, mPOS enabled-Apple Pay, and existing mPOS platforms delivered a whole new level of functionality. We tracked 136 companies over the last year and have 9 key takeaways about the mPOS marketplace. The latest PYMNTS mPOS...
