MasterCard announced yesterday that it will be teaming up with Silicon Valley Bank to offer a virtual, four-month program designed to help commerce-focused startups prosper. Dubbed Commerce.Innovated, the program is highly selective and is based on the level of innovation a startup's solution involves. It...
Frantic shoppers roaming from store-to-store to find the last gallon of milk in the city before the next major storm hits may become a thing of the past. Record-breaking snowfall are keeping many in the Northeast from venturing out, but omnichannel merchants are keeping consumers...
Business banking is outdated, with one-size-fits-all services, creaky technology and cumbersome processes. That’s the argument of two mobile-banking veterans who announced their platform for business banking services this week, according to Finextra. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Leaving your smartphone at home today is like leaving the house without your shoes on. It’s oddly unsettling and anyone in this predicament would likely feel a little lost until they get that device back in their hands. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
The competition between Apple and Samsung has just gotten fiercer — this time it’s for the mobile payments grand prize. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
U.S. online retail sales passed $300 billion for the first time in 2014, and averaged 7.7 percent of all U.S. retail sales during the last three months of 2014, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Tuesday (Feb. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Chinese Internet giant Tencent, which already dominates online gaming in China, is now moving into Europe. The company has acquired a majority stake in Swiss mobile games company Miniclip, VentureBeat reported on Wednesday (Feb. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Online businesses want to use the Internet to do business globally, but 80 percent of them just aren’t ready. That’s the takeaway from a new survey of business executives by multilingual online marketing agency Oban Digital, Chain Store Age reported. Get the Full Story Complete...
Walmart has held onto the dubious honor of being the big retailer that U.S. customers are least satisfied with, according to a new American Customer Satisfaction Index report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
