German payments company Wirecard gave the world a first peek at its new wearable device that functions like a digital wallet worn as a wristband. The device, called the Smart Band, can be used to store credit cards, ID cards and even tickets. Though only...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced Tuesday (Feb. 3) that it will be providing $480 million in forgiveness for borrowers who took out Corinthian College’s high-cost private student loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Tim Cook may say that 2015 is the “Year of Apple Pay” but 2015 might be the year in which the split between card-present, NFC, in-store, card-not-present, online and in-app, begin to disappear, Matt Barr, SVP of Emerging Payments for the U.S., MasterCard told MPD...
When it comes to retail customer service, the mobile side is an untapped resource, according to new data from an Econsultancy survey that looked at how retailers plan to alter their customer experience budgets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
EBay played a crucial role in the early B2P and P2P e-commerce revolution, but B2B commerce hasn’t quite caught up with the digital shift. Emerging research shows that unless suppliers offer quality online shopping experiences for B2B buyers, they’ll lose out on some major business....
Last month, PayPal found itself with a new competitor in Latin American mobile wallet startup Yepex. Now, Yellow Pepper, the company that started that mobile wallet, got some extra funding that could heat up the competition even more. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
China has blasted past the half-billion mobile users mark. A report from the Beijing government’s China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) says the number of mobile Internet users climbed to 557 million as of December 2014, up 11.4 percent from the year before, TechCrunch reported....
The number of retailers who offer customers a mobile commerce option has doubled in the past year — but m-commerce fraud is growing even faster, according to a new study from LexisNexis. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Chinese online giants Alibaba and Tencent, who have gone toe-to-toe over everything from taxi rides to banking, appear to be escalating their battle once more, Tech in Asia reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...