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Mobile Commerce
SumUp Enters The US EMV mPOS Launch
October 22, 2015

European mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) player SumUp launched its mobile payments platform in the U.S. yesterday (Oct. 21). The company boasts that the platform is the first fully-certified EMV mPOS system to cover the entire payment process. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Verifone ‘Engages’ At The POS
October 22, 2015

Marty McFly, from the legendary 1985 movie “Back to the Future,” clearly missed the future of the point of sale. The day after the mythical day that McFly traveled “back to the future” – Oct. 21, 2015 – Verifone launched what it describes as the future...

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NRF Projects Huge Digital Holiday Sales
October 22, 2015

Come holiday season, American consumers will spend more than they ever have, the National Retail Federation (NRF) claims. 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...

Amazon Prime Day — The Results Are In
October 22, 2015

More than three months after the event, sales figures from Amazon Prime Day have emerged to perhaps settle the issue of varying perspectives between customers and the company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Commerce
Gaining Good Customers Using Mobile ID Verification
October 22, 2015

“Take a picture; it’ll last longer.” Turns out that might also apply to a bank’s opportunity for doing business with online customers. In discussing her company’s new Photo Verify product, Sarah Clark, VP of Product at Mitek, shares with MPD CEO Karen Webster how incorporating...

Getting In Step With Tokenization
October 22, 2015

There are a number of tokenization methods available, but can the practice move forward without standardization? Rob Macmillan, VP Marketing, Digital Payments at Proxama, shares with PYMNTS why he believes establishing an across-the-board standard for tokenization is the way to go, as it will expedite...

International
Who’s Winning Alibaba’s Fight Against Counterfeiting?
October 21, 2015

In the early days of eCommerce, buying significantly underpriced versions of designer goods usually came with the implied warning, “buyer beware.” Counterfeit products have been around far longer than digital marketplaces, but with the globalized economy putting geographically distant retailers on the same playing field,...

Merchant Innovation
Do Shoppers Even Like Black Friday?
October 21, 2015

Whether customers are fans of Christmas creep or not, there’s no denying that the holiday shopping season seems to be starting earlier and earlier every year. Retailers from every industry work on extensive holiday shopping displays and competitive pricing deals to draw customers into their stores...

B2B Payments
SMEs Need Banks To Step It Up
October 21, 2015

The world’s small- and medium-sized businesses are stressed about managing cash flow, and apparently, their banks aren’t helping enough. 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...