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Merchant Innovation
Best Buy Jumps On Same-Day Delivery Bandwagon
November 03, 2015

Whether it be inspired by Amazon or not, the same-day delivery buzz has slowly but surely spread to the world of traditional retail. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

International
Tencent’s $1B Bet On On-Demand Services
November 03, 2015

Tencent Holdings, the Chinese Internet company, will invest as much as $1 billion in the country’s largest online on-demand services provider in a deal that values the latter at $20 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Nov. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the...

Who’s Making Omnicommerce A Priority?
November 03, 2015

We surveyed, we rated and we ranked – and now the results are in. This quarter’s edition of the PYMNTS OmniReadi IndexTM, powered by Vantiv, shows some real improvement in how merchants are optimizing the omnicommerce opportunity – and just in time for the holiday...

Visa’s $1.3 Trillion Quarter
November 03, 2015

Visa made news a couple of times yesterday (Nov. 2).  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 to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

What Made Visa Europe Worth $23 Billion?
November 03, 2015

On Wall Street, a quarter may linger in the minds of investors for a little while, but a merger brings with it much longer rumination. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Avoka Launches Real-Time Digital Identity Verification
November 03, 2015

Avoka, which helps financial services companies acquire digital customers, has announced a strategic partnership with Trulioo, a provider of instant identity verification for international enterprises. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Black Friday Comes Early For Amazon
November 03, 2015

Amazon is kicking off this year’s holiday season with an early launch of a Black Friday Deals store, exclusively targeted at boosting its Prime membership base. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Alternative Finances
CFPB’s New Congressional Drama
November 03, 2015

The CFPB found itself in the middle of another brouhaha last week, this time over allegations by a government watchdog group that congressmen who’ve tried to scale back its hold over payday lending must have been paid bribes by payday lenders. Their rationale is that...

Shifting Strategies In An EMV World
November 03, 2015

The EMV migration in the U.S. has officially reached the one month mark. But things haven’t just shifted at the point of sale, financial institutions are also beginning to re-examine the far-reaching impacts of EMV. At the 30 day mark, Kim Ohlrogge, Group Executive of...