As mobile marketing and distribution matures, we can get a pretty decent glimpse of what the end goal is for companies with strong mobile marketing presences: control over all means of production, sale and distribution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Consumers increasingly depend on their laptops, phones and tablets to reveal the best shopping deals online, and the recent holiday shopping bonanza was no different. A new infographic released by Alliance Data Retail Services offers insight into exactly how holiday shoppers took advantage of technology...
In development since September, Twitter’s “Buy Now” feature is part of this third phase of social media’s integration into the economy of mobile commerce, and for now the company is starting small by limiting it to just movie or concert tickets. Get the Full Story...
One of the top IPOs of 2014 was Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending service that is disrupting the business of commercial lending. With share prices up over 45 percent since its IPO launch, Lending Club connects individual investors with startup businesses looking to make a...
MoneyPass, the U.S Bank-owned ATM network, has cut a deal with U.K.-based Monitise to offer smartphone-based banking services to its customers, the two companies announced on Thursday (Jan. 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Apple Pay has gone live at yet another regional grocery group. The 217 Lucky, Save Mart and FoodMaxx supermarkets in Northern California and Nevada now all officially support Apple’s mobile payment system, their corporate parent announced on Thursday (Jan. 15). Get the Full Story Complete...
The Federal Reserve says demand for bank loans is increasing — if only mildly — and so are credit quality and demand for banking services, according to American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Instacart, the grocery delivery startup that just reached a $2 billion valuation, has quietly shifted its business model. Originally it decided on the markup for the products it delivered, but now it largely leaves pricing to the grocers and charges them a fee for its...
Mobile users encountered malware nearly twice as often in 2014 than during 2013 — up from 4 percent to 7 percent, CSO Online reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
