Point of Sale

Breach Round Up
The Heartbleed Bug Effects More Than Just Software…
April 19, 2014

The Heartbleed bug remains the biggest story in online security this week as countless organizations nationwide tested to see if they were vulnerable or if they had been victimized. It also came out that Heartbleed not only compromises software but also effects networking hardware. In...

Mobile Commerce
What Goes Down, Did Come Up
April 18, 2014

What a wild week! Bitcoin started at $402, went as high as $543 and ended at $486 at 6:30 am EST. It was 22 times more volatile than the dollar over the past 30 days. Jeff Bezos said "no" but a Texas AG said yes....

BlueSnap
The Biggest Opportunity in Commerce: Cross Border
April 18, 2014

MPD CEO Karen Webster and BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier went around the world to explore the opportunities and challenges of doing business in some of the most dynamic markets for commerce. Here are a few highlights about what it will take to win in these...

Cool
Easter Spending, Google Glass, Shopping With PrePaid… And Other Friday Factoids
April 18, 2014

Do you know … How many billions of dollars will be spent on Easter this year? How many consumers use prepaid cards for retail shopping? Or how much would you have to spend to buy a Google Glass on April 15th? If not, keep up...

News
GrubHub Will Stop Dipping into Tips from Restaurants
April 18, 2014

The new agreement now requires all future GrubHub Inc. contracts with restaurant partners to use a fee calculation that excludes tips.

B2B Payments
Etsy Goes Wholesale
April 18, 2014

Etsy, once a cutesy little marketplace for homemade and handmade goods, has become an online retail powerhouse, toping $1 Billion in sales in 2013. Their move to become a wholesaler opens up a whole new set of opportunities and challenges.

Mobile Commerce
Yapital Improves Online Checkout Concept with SellXed
April 17, 2014

The plug-in can be downloaded instantly, and can be easily integrated into the online shop system without requiring additional programming.

Coinfloor Becomes First Publicly Auditable Bitcoin Exchange
April 17, 2014

Users will be able to validate the company’s records and compare them to the bitcoin ledger.

Mobile Commerce
The Five Forces of mPOS
April 17, 2014

Players continue to zig and zag around the mPOS space yet common themes are beginning to emerge. The March mPOS Tracker highlights the five key things that all successful – and scalable mPOS solutions have. Want to see if your solution makes the cut?