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Amazon’s ‘Dash’ To Connected Commerce
April 01, 2015

Amazon has launched its own version of the Staple’s Easy Button for buying goods on its marketplace. 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...

IDC: 45.7M Wearables Will Ship This Year
April 01, 2015

Google Glass may have experienced a lackluster lifecycle, but wearables technologies aren’t dead yet. According to research firm IDC, wearable technology is expected to explode in 2015 thanks to the emergence of high-profile devices like the Apple Watch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Snapdeal Adds RupeePower Into Its Financial Marketplace
April 01, 2015

India’s eCommerce leader Snapdeal has entered the personal financial service industry. In an announcement made Tuesday (March 31), the firm revealed that it had acquired a majority stake in financial product distribution platform RupeePower, allowing Snapdeal to add personal finance services into its existing platform...

India’s Cash Commerce Problem
April 01, 2015

India is a country where the stats show consumers want more eCommerce, despite the physical barriers — which include a poorly designed delivery infrastructure and a cash-driven economy. Still, the country might just have the best and worst case examples of how to develop an...

Apple And Google App Store Revenues To Double By 2018
April 01, 2015

App revenue per device will grow by 2.5 times by 2018, with freemium apps and in-app advertising driving most of the growth, a new report from App Annie and IDC is projecting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Visa Exec: Payments Industry Must Raise Security Bar
April 01, 2015

While cybercriminals grow increasingly businesslike, too many U.S. businesses aren’t covering the basics for data security, Visa’s risk chief told a conference last week in Washington, D.C., according to American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

SMB Borrowing Up From Year Ago
April 01, 2015

Borrowing by small businesses in the U.S. is up by 7 percent from a year ago, a sign of steadily improving business conditions, according to data from a monthly private survey released on Tuesday (March 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Net-a-Porter Picks Italian eCommerce Firm Over Amazon
April 01, 2015

Less than a week after Amazon was reported to be working on a $2.2 billion deal to buy luxury eCommerce retailer Net-a-Porter, Italian online fashion retailer YOOX announced it will merge with Net-a-Porter instead, the companies said on Tuesday (March 31). Get the Full Story...

International
US eCommerce Sales Leading Europe
April 01, 2015

U.S. eCommerce sales still lead the Western world with projected annual revenue of $349 billion, compared with $254 billion for eight surveyed European countries, according to a study released Tuesday (March 31) by the U.K.-based Centre for Retail Research and commissioned by RetailMeNot. Get the...