Customers who take advantage of big U.S. retailers’ “buy online, pick up in-store” services will save an average of only 96 seconds over simply buying the item in the store, according to a study by StellaService. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
The U.S. payments industry lacks common standards for interoperability, and that’s standing in the way of faster payments and better payments security. That’s the conclusion of a Federal Reserve-sponsored symposium on payments innovation, according to the Chicago Fed Letter. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Security researchers may have broken Bitcoin’s ability to let users make anonymous transactions with the cryptocurrency, according to Bank Info Security. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
European tech startups struggle to raise investment money compared with companies based in Silicon Valley and New York, The New York Times reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
While the movie “The Interview” — the gross-out comedy that apparently triggered a massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures by North Korea — earned $15 million in its first weekend of online distribution, there’s been another “Interview”-related payday as well: A mobile app pretending to download the...
Apple Pay, ATMs and even traditional B2B financial-transfer systems will be the top targets of a new wave of payments-oriented cyberattacks in 2015, according to predictions by security vendor Kaspersky Labs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The establishment of a new Target online distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, has experts buzzing about the rise of e-commerce in the region. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
A report released this month by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says loopholes in the Military Lending Act, passed in 2006, allow lenders to bypass some borrow protections and charge outrageous interest rates for military borrowers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Apple is in discussions with at least one major U.K. bank to introduce its “wave and pay” Apple Pay technology in the U.K. in the first half of the new year, but reports say the process has troubled by speed bumps over terms of the...
