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Merchants To mPOS: “Is The Pain Worth The Pleasure?”
September 03, 2015

mPOS is supposed to improve customer engagement and increase labor productivity. But the top challenges merchants face with mPOS are the need for an effective training program and a delayed return of investment. The mPOS Tracker for September voices merchants' concerns, highlights their challenges and...

Cross-Border’s Best-In-Class Merchants
September 01, 2015

You want to succeed in cross-border commerce? No better place to start than by looking at the merchants that are at the top of their game. In a recent webinar about the latest X-Border Optimization Index, John Phillips, Head of Marketing for Digital River World...

Bitcoin Goes Cuban And ‘Black Monday’ Bites Back
August 28, 2015

La bienvenida a Cuba, Bitcoin! Una transacción bitcoin ha ocurrido. Directly translated, this means: Welcome to Cuba, bitcoin! A bitcoin transaction has occurred. While this historic move isn’t quite as historic as the overturn of the more than 50-year trade embargo between the U.S. and Cuba,...

Is BYOD Becoming “Bring Your Own Danger?”
August 28, 2015

Touted to bring agility and flexibility to an enterprise, Bring Your Own Device programs are putting enterprise security protocols at risk.

Bitcoin Gets Forked While Programmer Lives On Bitcoin For 365 Days
August 21, 2015

Imagine this scenario. Forget Apple Pay (many already do, it seems). Forgot debit and credit cards. In fact, cut them up. Now, go take all the money you need to live on for a year and convert it into bitcoin. And no cheating. No backup...

CEO Series
Looking Forward With The Past In Mind
August 21, 2015

Meet Tobias Schreyer, co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at the PPRO Group. As part of PYMNTS.com’s Commander In Chief Series, Schreyer shares his secret to seamless product delivery and the importance of building on past experiences.

Consumers To Brands: Thank You For The Deals, But Can I Trust You?
August 20, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”159956″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_blank” css_animation=”” img_size=”full” link=”http://www.pymnts.com/vantiv-omnicommerce/”][vc_column_text css_animation=””]The Vantiv Omnicommerce TrackerTM powered by PYMNTS.com features industry-spanning research and insights that arm retailers with data to make smarter decisions for enabling Omnichannel commerce.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”3/4″][vc_text_separator title=”Rules for Omnichannel Engagement ”...

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Loyalty Bay’s Loyalty Play and GE Brings Big Deals To Life
August 19, 2015

With $22B in transactions so far this month, these are anything but the “dog days” of summer. Loyalty Bay is the latest venture to try a new twist on an old payments staple – loyalty – and GE made Goldman Sachs a deal they couldn’t...

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Can Governments Ignite Financial Inclusion Programs?
August 18, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”159517″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_column_text] The PYMNTS.com Financial Inclusion TrackerTM provides the organizing framework for evaluating and examining the players that provide digital financial inclusion services to the billions of underbanked and unbanked around the world. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″][vc_text_separator title=”Overview” title_align=”separator_align_left”][vc_column_text] Is bitcoin relevant in developing markets? Apparently some...