U.S. eCommerce sales still lead the Western world with projected annual revenue of $349 billion, compared with $254 billion for eight surveyed European countries, according to a study released Tuesday (March 31) by the U.K.-based Centre for Retail Research and commissioned by RetailMeNot. Get the...
Japan-based Panasonic has spent the last few years restructuring its business in an effort to boost profits, and had set a target of more than $1.6 billion in revenue, a goal the company recently acknowledged as unconvincing to many analysts. Get the Full Story Complete...
Europe may be the world’s capital for the alternative finance industry, taking advantage of a new lending market to prop up its small- and medium-sized businesses, but this environment could take a turn for the worse if Europe’s economy goes south. Get the Full Story...
When industry experts think of eCommerce in Asia, most would likely first think of China, where Alibaba reigns supreme. But Singapore has its own expanding digital commerce market, and one B2B eCommerce startup is working to put Singapore on the map in the industry. Get...
France-based Lendix may have only just scored its first business borrower using its financing platform, but the company has major support from investors for the financing product. The firm announced Friday (March 27) that it has secured about $30 million from backers. According to reports,...
MasterCard’s small business cardholders in the U.S. can now save on more than 20 million products offered on global e-commerce site Rakuten.com, according to a company release. The agreement is through MasterCard’s Easy Savings Program, which provides MasterCard small business cardholders from participating business card...
There’s no need to pinch Dream Payments — $6 million is a very real number for the mobile payments platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Verifone and Heartland Payment Systems are teaming up in the name of EMV. 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....
Nielsen and RetailNext have joined hands to provide retail data insights using RetailNext’s mapping technology for Nielsen’s client base, which constitutes a wide spectrum of stores ranging from retail to drug. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...