Mobile Commerce

Cross-border Payments
Neiman Marcus Can’t Persuade Chinese Customers To Pay Full Price
April 30, 2014

After purchasing a 44 percent stake nearly three years ago for a reported $28 million, Neiman Marcus is pulling out of China’s Glamor Sales Ltd. The Chinese company, which made a name for itself selling high-end fashions at a discount, was supposed to function as...

Merchant Innovation
Intuit Considering Mobile-Finance App Check Purchase of $350M
April 30, 2014

According to sources familiar with the situation, Intuit is currently in talks to purchase Check, a Mint-like mobile-finance app that allows users to track and pay bills. The service currently has 10 million users and Intuit is looking reportedly looking to scoop the company up...

B2B Payments
Cards, Regulation and Small Business Financing
April 30, 2014

Thirty percent of SMBs leverage business credit cards to finance their businesses. But the rules and regulations related to interest rates and APRs that protect consumers’ don’t apply to corporate cards. The result is a potentially devastating impact on the ability of SMBs to access...

B2B Payments
Vietnam’s Asia Commercial Bank to Deploy CyberSource
April 30, 2014

CyberSource, a global provider of eCommerce payment management services, today announced a partnership with one of Vietnam’s largest privately held banks, ACB (Asia Commercial Bank). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

B2B Payments
Xero and New Zealand’s ASB Bank Launch B2B Cloud Payments Solution
April 30, 2014

Xero, an online accounting software company released a next-generation banking model in the Australian market after creating a joint initiative with the Commonwealth Bank’s New Zealand subsidiary, ASB Bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Loyalty & Rewards
Card Issuers Target The Affluent
April 30, 2014

Perhaps it should come as no surprise, but consumers today are a lot less likely to own a credit card and carry card debt. The Great Recession aside, issuers may have helped spark the change when they cut back on card approvals and credit limits...

B2B Payments
Digital Insight Deal Helps Drive 8% Jump In NCR Q1 Revenue
April 30, 2014

ATM and point-of-sale technology company NCR Corp. continued to make strides during the first three months of the year to transition to a software-driven provider of transaction technologies, with software-related revenue jumping 45 percent year over year, including a 242 percent jump in software-as-a-service (SaaS)...

Cross-border Payments
Commonwealth Bank Set to Launch Square Competitor
April 30, 2014

The bank plans to launch the device on Wednesday.

Company Profile
MasterCard Launches eWallet in New Zealand
April 30, 2014

The MasterCard MasterPass has already launched in over 20 countries.