News

Is Augmented Reality The Future Of Fab?
July 14, 2016

Remember Fab? The home furnishings and fashion accessories online retailer that was once valued at $1 billion is banking on an updated iOS app that includes augmented reality tech to buttress its floundering business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Merchant Innovation
UberMedia Hopes To ‘Fence In’ Customers With Optimal GeoSpace
July 14, 2016

UberMedia, a company known for transforming “mobile behavioral data,” announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it was launching a new product, Optimal GeoSpace, which the brand says will erect a “virtual fence around individual retail shopping areas, enabling retail marketers to fully capitalize on the...

Merchant Innovation
Google Tweaks Search Engine Ads To Retailers’ Delight
July 14, 2016

There’s an argument to be made that the internet is built on nothing but an invisible web of Google AdSense and AdWords dollars. There’s no doubt that Google‘s dominance in the search engine market means it’s similarly dominant in the realm of online marketing, and...

Omnicommerce
Warehouse Space Going For Premium Rates
July 14, 2016

Brick-and-mortar merchants are far from being free from the problems that plague their particular brand of retail, but even they have to look at online retail rising rents for warehouse space with a little bit of mirth. According to a new report from CBRE, things are about...

Mobile Commerce
New Coupon Strategies Give Shoppers Convenience Instead Of Control
July 14, 2016

For most retailers, the name of the game is convenience. It doesn’t matter what they sell or what channel they do it through; the maxim holds that, if the checkout process is free from as much friction as possible, shoppers will hit fewer speed bumps...

Payment Methods
Transport for London Licenses Contactless Payment Technology
July 14, 2016

When it comes to accepting payments for transportation, London has got something over a lot of other cities around the world: ease of use. Riders of its underground Tube are accustomed to swiping a bank card, mobile phone and smartwatch to get in and out...

Mobile Commerce
Washington, D.C. Fire, EMS Mulling Using Uber
July 14, 2016

911 calls are on the rise in Washington, D.C., prompting officials to mull using Uber cars and drivers to handle some of the workload. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

CSI globalVCard Ramps Up Staff On B2B/FX Demand
July 14, 2016

Two new hires at the corporate payments firm discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie before it and SMBs in FX and B2B payments.

Security & Fraud
Did The FDIC Cover Up A Chinese Hack?
July 14, 2016

According to a new Congressional Report, there is bad news, worse news and worst news when it comes to the cyber-security situation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...