It turns out e-tailers aren’t going to consign real-world stores to the ash heap of history — at least not yet. Shoppers are increasingly returning to stores, according to online company executives at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich this week. Get the Full...
A hedge fund with stakes in both Staples and Office Depot is ratcheting up pressure on the office-supply rivals to merge, Bloomberg News reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Facebook has 1.35 billion users and is responsible for $227 billion in global economic impact and 4.5 million jobs, according to a report the social network commissioned from consulting firm Deloitte. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Discover, Capital One and HSBC will pay a total of $2.2 million to settle charges that they misleadingly sold credit-card payment protection plans in Missouri, the state’s Attorney General announced. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
French point-of-sale vendor Ingenico now owns 100 percent of mobile commerce platform ROAM, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided it will not consider a challenge to Federal Reserve regulations on the swipe fees merchants are charged for processing debit transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The Alibaba-backed Chinese group-discount website Meituan.com is now worth $7 billion after it received $700 million from unidentified investors, CEO Wang Xing told Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
It can be difficult for small businesses to cash in on the big push toward mobile payment processing, particularly with the new rules and regulations to abide to regarding fraudulent payments. But merchant service providers like VelcroPay are trying to be a liaison in the...
Arguably the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin has attracted everyone from libertarian rebels, to wealthy investors seeing a potentially profitable asset in the making. Yet as a currency, bitcoin has had some problems with purchases and transactions being completed in a timely fashion owing to...
