More than ever, shoppers are taking advantage of the ability to move quickly between channels – online, mobile and in-store – to purchase the items they want, when they want them. But the onset of omnichannel shopping opportunities brings a new challenge to merchant advertisers...
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This past year was a good one for store front businesses, as measured by the Index by the same name. SMB growth for those hyperlocal businesses that you’d find on Main Street USA far outpaced the U.S. economy. Here's what happened, and what might be...
A la Biff of “Back to the Future” fame, the only sure-fire way to predict the future of retail is to skip ahead a few years and take a peek at a record of stock numbers. Failing that, proactive strategies that seek the initiative through cutting-edge...
In a move to expand its functionality, Samsung Pay will soon allow users to make Web-based purchases via their payment platform, Samsung Pay, reported Reuters yesterday (Dec. 28). The move will put Samsung into a more head-to-head competition with PayPal, currently the Web’s go-to source...
If retail payments have been trending in one direction over the last few years, it’s to get rid of any and all obstacles in the process of a transaction that might cause hesitant shoppers to take their business elsewhere. However, few thought that boosting credit...
In the wake of rising rates — the shot across the bow that came mid-month as the Federal Reserve pushed through a 25 basis point increase — JPMorgan Chase is following suit. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
There are four more days until we say “bye-bye” to 2015 and “hello” to a whole new year. 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...
It’s the Holy Grail – or Nirvana – of payments. Mobile transactions that sail through smoothly even amid the rising threat of CNP fraud, keeping issuers, merchants and customers happy. Here’s how one Ankur Karer, of CA Technologies, sees technology moving issuers toward payments enlightenment.
