As eBay moves beyond what CEO John Donahoe called “a very difficult year” for the company, the e-commerce giant might be preparing to split off from more than just PayPal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
The explosive growth of mobile has taken its toll on retail payments in many parts of the globe. In Canada, technology players, retailers, banks and network operators are now competing to “own” mobile payments, says Linda Mantia, Executive Vice-President, Digital, Payments and Cards at RBC....
While American Express posted relatively solid fourth-quarter earnings — beating analysts’ expectations — the positives for the company were overshadowed by the announcement that it would cut 4,000 jobs this year and an after-hours trading hit which saw shares drop 2 percent. Get the Full Story...
CEOs are less optimistic about the economy this year than last, according to a PwC survey unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Videogame retailer GameStop is fighting back against online shopping with beacons that stream game content directly to customers’ smartphones when they’re in a store, according to The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Customers really do appreciate free Wi-Fi, it seems. A new study by IHL Group found that 28 percent of retailers who added in-store Wi-Fi said they got a boost in customer loyalty. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Beacon vendor ShopX is planning to give away a million beacons to U.S. retailers in hopes of grabbing a bigger share of the market for its software-as-a-service management platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Even though Discover’s payments volume rose and its loan portfolio grew by 6.4 percent, the card issuer’s net income plummeted 33 percent for the last three months of 2014. The biggest contributor to the plunge: a change to Discover’s rewards program that makes it easier...
It’s no secret that finding the right way to quickly and effectively outsmart fraudsters is a high-priority mission in 2015. But what does the right fraud solution really look like, and what is the ideal method for protecting cardholder data in an increasingly online world? To...