Mobile Commerce

Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Get the...

Canada’s Credit-Card Fee Crackdown

Canada’s government is pushing Visa, MasterCard and banks to accept lower interchange fees paid by Canadian retailers, which the government claims are currently among the highest in the world, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Sept. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Apple Smartwatch Will Have NFC Payments

Apple plans to include the ability to do contactless payments in its rumored iWatch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Sept. 4), citing unnamed sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Big Retail Investments, Huge Acquisitions And Security Reigns Supreme

PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker 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 this form, you agree to receive marketing...

The Visa Checkout Ad Blitz Begins (With A Million Free Pizzas)

Visa is getting serious about getting cardholders to sign up for its Visa Checkout mobile payments platform. The card brand unveiled a massive promotional campaign this week that includes giving away pizza and flowers, all in an effort to get customers to register their Visa...

The Samwer Brothers Launch $3.5 Billion E-tailer

Rocket Internet, the Samwer brothers’ startup incubator, is combining five of its regional ecommerce companies into a single business, Rocket announced on Thursday (Sept. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Apple To Get Rebates From Issuers on Fees

Apple has reportedly negotiated deals with several leading issuers to extend card present rates to Apple for all transactions involving their cards with Apple’s new mobile payments scheme. On top of that concession, they have agreed to give Apple back part of the card present...

The Amazon mPOS Effect

Amazon’s been in the market for about a month with its mPOS solution and theories abound about the impact that it will have on the mPOS ecosystem. Eric Hoffman, SVP and U.S. General Manager for ROAM is pretty bullish on the opportunities that it will...

What Payments Did On Its Summer “Vacation”