One of the first entrants into the mobile payments space back in 2007, Toronto-based Plastic Mobile announced on Feb. 19 on its website that it was being acquired by Havas Media, the sixth largest communications group in the world. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Turkey has got itself an online retailer that seems a lot like Amazon.com, and that’s no accident. 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...
Already leading many of its rivals in the realm of e-commerce, Nordstrom is looking to go even bigger. 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...
Real-time price comparison has always been a common feature of online shopping, but more and more shoppers are using mobile phones for that same purpose in-store. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Target announced in a Feb. 23 press release that it will be lowering its minimum threshold for free shipping to $25 from the original $50 level in an effort to expand its offerings of the “most compelling” offers in online retail. Also, to cope with the...
A new research paper written by three academics who used to work for PayPal says that there’s one type of fraud that’s becoming increasingly common (yet widely unknown) in today’s e-commerce space: “Liar buyer fraud.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Biometric authentication technology company NXT-ID wants to bring consumers who want to pay with their phone a new, and potentially easier method to say how they want to pay: by using their voice. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Advanced Payment Solutions (APS) announced yesterday (Feb. 23) that it has teamed up with the UK Post Office to support its business and consumer account holders at the post office’s 11,500 branches — extending APS’ banking services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Online auction giant eBay is now using a real-time analytics engine to deal with personalization, fraud detection and other high-traffic functions — and it’s giving the code away, the company said in a blog post on Monday (Feb. 23). Get the Full Story Complete the...