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Merchant Innovation
BOA’s Mobile App Use Soars – Why?
October 17, 2014

Bank of America’s mobile banking customer base took a giant swing upward during Q2, up 15 percent from the same time last year in 2013. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Company Spotlight
What Baseball Can Teach Us About Payments And Commerce
October 17, 2014

Though beloved, there are few that would describe baseball as particularly innovative. And yet, as Fort Worth Cats Food and Beverage Director Robbie Fenyes told MPDs CEO Karen Webster in a recent interview, evolving from a “cash only” business was critically important for the health...

Company Spotlight
Could Tokens Be Omnichannel’s Catalyst?
October 17, 2014

Apple’s launch of the new iPad’s yesterday is a timely reminder of the role and influence of tablets on the retail purchase experience. Research suggests that in the next two years, the web will influence $2 Trillion of retail spend in the US, or about...

Merchant Innovation
New App Lets Shoppers Haggle With Merchants
October 17, 2014

Greentoe wants to change the way people shop by giving them a convenient opportunity to by goods at the minimum advertised price – a tacitly agreed upon floor at which retailers will not sell certain goods (at the request of the manufacturer).  What began has...

Apple Pay
Google’s Payments and Retail Focus
October 17, 2014

Investing in its own innovations like Google Express, Google wallet and creating a mobile payment focused mindset were among the highlights of Google’s third-quarter earnings report as it revealed Thursday (Oct. 16) that it’s revenue increased 20 percent to $16.5 billion. Get the Full Story Complete...

Apple Pay
Capital One CEO: Apple Pay Tokens “A Game-Changer”
October 17, 2014

Capital One Financial CEO Richard Fairbank spoke Thursday (Oct. 16) to financial analysts about how he sees Apple Pay pushing security improvements in payments, something he termed “a game changer.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
RBS Lets Corporates Open An Account With A Single Online Form
October 17, 2014

RBS is slashing the time and paperwork required for corporate clients in 23 countries to open new accounts -- and not just in the U.K., the bank announced Thursday (Oct. 16) at the Eurofinance conference in Budapest. The bank's Accelerated Onboarding Service, which is already...

Alternative Finances
Bitcoin’s Still Bumpy
October 17, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. 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 form, you agree to...

Alipay Embraces Biometrics
October 17, 2014

Alipay, the Alibaba Group unit that is China’s largest electronic payments service, is now rolling out biometric authentication with its service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...