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Banking Without Borders’ Expands In Europe
December 04, 2015

NUMBER26, the Berlin-based mobile-only banking system, announced yesterday (Dec. 3) that it will bring its banking without borders concept to six more European countries. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cross-border Payments
Chinese Consumers Flock To US eCom
December 04, 2015

Chinese consumers are increasingly moving to embrace shopping across United States brands this holiday season, as the number of shoppers and the amount they buy is up by multiples. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Cybersecurity
How One Lender Hooks Millennials
December 04, 2015

The thought of getting a call from the bank that lent out a student or car loan might ring of nightmares to many but not from a new player in the alt-lending space that calls its mostly millennial borrowers to munch on cheeseburgers and vodka-cucumber...

Merchant Innovation
Placemeter’s Sensor Maps Retail Foot Traffic
December 04, 2015

If eCommerce websites are taking extensive measures, ranging from hiring social scientists to monitoring cursor positions, to track user activity, can brick-and-mortar stores be that far behind? Not really. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Cross-border Payments
Barclays Getting Out Of Italian Retail Banking Biz
December 04, 2015

In the latest move by Barclays to pare down its retail banking operations, the firm announced Thursday (Dec. 3) that it has reached a pact to unload its retail unit based in Italy to CheBanca, which is a unit of Italy’s Mediobanca Group. Get the...

Short Sellers Circling Square
December 03, 2015

It’s a truism on Wall Street that when a stock moves up and to the right, sharply, posting strong gains in a brief time — the short sellers begin to salivate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Cross-border Payments
China-US OPM Hack Blame Game, VTech’s Hacking Investigation
December 03, 2015

Could a recent investigation prove the OPM data breach was not state-sponsored after all, or is it just a move by the Chinese government to proclaim their innocence? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

ItsOnMe Releases Plug-And-Play Gift Card Tech
December 03, 2015

In many ways, the gift card area in retail is one of the most resistant to the digital disruption affecting so many other facets of the industry. Establishing a gift card program is still costly for retailers, and purchasing and giving them to others is far...

Mobile Commerce
eBay Enterprise Enhances Omnichannel Experience
December 03, 2015

Ask a hundred retail marketers what they think omnichannel marketing means, in detail, and the answers are liable to range from data-driven details to idealistic vagueness. Whatever the definition, there’s no doubt that many merchants have struggled to wrap their heads around how to make...