Mobile Commerce

Acquiring
First Data’s Sunny Second-Day Outlook
October 20, 2015

There is almost nothing in life worse than having to publicly deliver on high expectations. A situation that the good people at First Data (FDC) learned rather directly last week. Before the opening bell was rung, some speculated that First Data’s IPO would attract enough...

Mobile Commerce
CurrentC Adds ACH Payments
October 20, 2015

A recent news release from Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) on Friday (Oct. 16) gave another indication that CurrentC is getting closer to launch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

MasterPass Moves Tokens Online
October 20, 2015

MasterCard announced yesterday (Oct. 19) that it will integrate its tokenized checkout experience within MasterPass, which will provide the security benefits of tokenization for online and in-app shoppers who use MasterPass. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Apple Pay
Apple Pay Celebrates Its First Birthday!
October 20, 2015

So what should they wish for when they close their eyes and blow out the candles? We decided to ask the experts. Check out what 13 of the best and brightest in payments and commerce had to say on the subject. The mood is mostly...

Retailers Want To Grow, But Can’t Agree On How
October 19, 2015

Just about every retailer knows that if they’re not ready to adapt to changes in the market, they might as well close up shop. Whether it is quickly and efficiently setting up eCommerce operations on every social network imaginable or managing stock inventory with a...

Cool
Disrupting Ticketing With Digitization
October 19, 2015

There is no shortage of ways to buy and sell tickets to live events on the Web through the magic of the Internet. With few exceptions, there are very few events that one cannot capture a ticket to with a working Internet connection and a...

Mobile Commerce
Pinterest’s Payments Push, Documents Leaked
October 19, 2015

In an ambitious set of financial projections, Pinterest is looking for significant growth in its sales and monthly users, driven at least in part by its continued push into payments and eCommerce, according to TechCrunch, which published a set of leaked documents on Friday (Oct....

Target’s Omnichannel Silver Bullet
October 19, 2015

One tenet of successful omnichannel strategies is to never let a potential consumer be lost to a gap in the path to purchase. A new partnership between a retailer and an app might all but guarantee that. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Sony Pay? Sony’s Plans For Mobile Payments
October 19, 2015

Sony may not be taking on Apple and Samsung on the smartphone front, but it still plans to compete with the tech giants on the mobile payments front in Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...