At fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff’s store in New York’s fashionable Soho district, a dressing room has a digital mirror that identifies garments, makes accessory recommendations and can summon sales associates to bring in that garment in alternative colors and sizes. But what makes this digital...
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When the telco-based mobile wallet ISIS (from AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile) recently changed its name to Softcard, it was done partially to distinguish itself from the al-Qaeda offshoot terrorist group with the same name, standing for the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. But the...
Square on Wednesday (Nov. 12) started taking orders for its already-announced EMV readers. The smartphone component will cost $29 and a desktop version $39. To put that into context, Square’s magstripe versions have always been free. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Visa CEO Charles Scharf on Wednesday (Nov. 12) said that not only is tokenization “the single biggest change that’s been made in the payment networks easily over the past 15 or 20 years and maybe longer,” but he spoke about how it enables Visa to...
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The mPOS space has seen a 30 percent year-over-year growth in the last three years. In addition, 30 percent of the top 20 U.S. retailers have deployed mPOS devices in-stores. Today, more than ever, it's easy to envision a world where mPOS is the norm,...
Tencent-owned WeChat has just made mobile shopping even easier for its users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...
Target, one of the founders of MCX’s CurrentC mobile payment effort, has been using its employees to test the program, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported Nov. 4. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
