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. So it is with Square, the payments tech outfit that initially came to market...
Half the battle in retail is making sure messaging is reaching the places where consumers are, but when the platforms they prefer are in near constant flux, this is easier said than done. Even if merchants have killer marketing campaigns in their back pockets, rolling...
The various problems with the state of New Jersey are blamed on many things. Bad taste, political corruption, the mafia, the Turnpike — we could go on, but the point is that of all the things enumerated in the list of things wrong with New...
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...
Mozido is expanding its mobile footprint — this time to Indonesia. The digital payment and commerce solutions provider announced today (Dec. 3) the launch of NFC mobile payment and loyalty services for Telkomsel Indonesia through a partnership with Verifone Mobile Money and financial services provider Finnet Indonesia. Through...
‘Tis it the season for mobile payments? We’ll soon find out. But ’tis definitely the season for mobile commerce. While paying via mobile and paying with mobile are two different beasts for companies like Apple, Samsung, and Google to tackle, the sheer fact that consumers...
The largest Chinese P2P lender, Lufax, is on track to grab $1 billion in funding, amid an industry that is growing quickly. The $1 billion that is being raised, according to Financial Times, would value the company at about $15 billion to $20 billion and comes...
With eCommerce and international payments growing across industries of all stripes, PPRO offers up some key trends, concerns and recommendations about risk management across a global landscape.
The concept of free delivery is becoming the norm in the retail world. But that’s not the case for Starbucks’ new delivery model. The coffee company started offering delivery in select Seattle neighborhoods yesterday (Dec. 2), but it’s anything but free. In fact, the $5.99 delivery...
