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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Bitcoin’s Price Surge
May 31, 2016

Is bitcoin making a price comeback? Well, a recent surge from Chinese investors has managed to bump bitcoin’s price over the $500 mark. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Point of Sale
Study Says Feeding Managers Data Can Boost Sales
May 31, 2016

Data is endemic to the retail process at this point, but the question of how deep down the organizational tree that data goes is still an unanswered one. Some merchants wield store-by-store data like trade secrets, but a new study indicates that a more open...

Retail
Ikea Pushes The Digitally Enhanced Pop-Up Store
May 31, 2016

Ikea is probably not the go-to brand for most consumers when they hear the word high-tech. Swedish meatballs? Sure. DIY furniture? Check. Divorces over DIY furniture? Ikea all the way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Europe
U.K. Retail Enthusiasm Bottoms Out
May 31, 2016

Facing what local reports are calling a “triple threat” retailers across the pond are reporting a distinct lack of enthusiasm for what is next to come. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Walmart Ditches Fitting Rooms In Online Imitation
May 31, 2016

Remember the few short years ago when the only retailers selling clothes online were the ones crazy enough to do it. Now, there are subscription boxes and digital personal stylists that can make up the gap between customer service through traditional in-store channels and the...

Security & Fraud
Ransomware Infections Cost $1.6B In 2015
May 31, 2016

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This App Makes Credit Card Payments Automatic
May 31, 2016

There’s a new app in town that wants to make it easier to remember to pay those credit cards. 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...

Security & Fraud
SWIFT Examines New Cyberattack Prevention Tech
May 31, 2016

In an effort to improve security, the global interbank messaging system said it would begin discussions with its users about new measures and tools that will assist the detection of fraudulent payment instructions, Reuters reported late last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Security & Fraud
Did An Insider Make The Bangladesh Bank Heist Happen?
May 31, 2016

While the SWIFT interbank messaging service took its share of the blame in a report issued by a government-appointed committee investigating the hack of the central bank of Bangladesh that left $81 million AWOL, the more eye-catching detail is the suggestion that it may have...