Walmart could soon provide its customers with a new payment option, thanks to a potential deal between the retailer and finance company Affirm, Inc. Sources familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal that executives from Affirm are speaking with the Walmart team about the possibility...
What would you say if someone asked you to name the most important innovation in payments over the last five years? We did, and we posed that question to Marqeta CTO Tony Ford. What he said might surprise you. But what it may lack in...
Despite Tim Cook’s most enthusiastic comments that the Apple Watch is doing “great,” the figures on the ground in the U.S. indicate pretty strongly that when it comes to wearables, the mainstream American consumer is doing more shrugging than cheering. A report from eMarketer earlier...
Thanks to fingerprint-scanning smartphones, consumers have grown accustomed to using physical biometrics to authenticate their identity. But, in the hot-off-the-presses PYMNTS Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, Paul Miller, CEO of security technology company mSIGNIA, says that there’s a way to take data from those...
USA Technologies (USAT), which provides payment technology for cashless and mobile transactions in the self-serve retail market, has reported quarterly revenue of $34.3 million during the firm’s fourth quarter and $104.1 million for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2017. This marks the company’s 31st straight quarter...
Like so many of the innovators we talk to, the team at Fat Lama came by their signature innovation the day they ran smack into a big problem that seemed like it should have been much easier to solve than it was. Get the Full...
As the online arena pushes for faster shipments and more personalized experiences, there doesn’t seem to be one area of retail that isn’t feeling some sort of pressure to ramp up offerings for consumers. One area that’s seen tremendous growth over the past few years...
Petrone Worldwide, the hospitality company, announced news on Monday (Aug. 22) of the launch of a new eCommerce website under petroneworldwide.com, which was developed using a middle market eCommerce platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
As Walmart continues its eCommerce bid to go head-to-head with retailer Amazon, the company is hoping to establish new warehouses positioned in the sky with drone delivery capability. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
