Facing pressure from online competitors in the office supply industry, Staples and Office Depot have agreed to merge pending SEC approval, according to a Feb. 4 public conference call. The acquisition had been in the works since last September, and was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards...
Welcome to the monthly mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report. In this report, we rank the players that we track, and score these players based on numbers and types of devices used, geographies where solutions are implemented, the number of payment types accepted, and more....
While largely seen as a major Android phone carrier, Samsung wants to be thought of more like Apple than like other phones, in that it wants to have its own built-in ecosystem that its consumers can come to use in their everyday lives. One way...
Greg Goldfarb may be one of the only merchant innovators Karen Webster has ever talked to whose company is not about to develop its own mobile wallet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The premise behind Operation Choke Point, a joint initiative between the DoJ, FDIC and CFPB, was direct enough when it launched in early 2013. Instead of going directly after certain suspect industries – such as short-term lenders, pornographers, ammunition dealers, escort services or online gambling...
Apple continues to cut a path of domination through the mobile space. According to a new study by Opera Mediaworks, Apple led 2014 in ad revenue by a wide margin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Go back five years and the concept of mobile gross merchandise volume (GMV) was hardly a dot on the commerce map. It was more of a speculative vision without a substantial user base to determine if mobile was worth investing during a time when budgets...
First Tech Federal Credit Union announced yesterday that it has entered a new agreement with MasterCard as its payment solution provider, according to a company release. MasterCard will offer “convenience, control and security” for First Tech’s more than 380,000 members, enabling the credit union to...
A federal jury has convicted the man they believe is the Dread Pirate Roberts — aka the mastermind and ringleader behind the Silk Road online illegal drug trade website that used bitcoins as its currency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
