Everyone one loves a horserace, and so when Gartner predicts that tablet sales will eclipse traditional computer sales in 2015, it is tempting to declare a winner and go home. However, since consumers are still using PCs to make 90 percent of their digital purchases,...
PayPal’s announcement about its Next Day Settlement Pilot is another sign that it intends to capture a leading position in both B2C and B2B payments. This “Express Lane” for businesses reduces the time that it takes to get access to those funds by as much...
Reading the retail trend tea leaves and following the VC investment breadcrumbs would have everyone thinking that physical retailers should more or less fold up their tents and move online. But that’s exactly the opposite of what one online retailer is doing and scored $55...
Smaller firms, such as application developers and companies that sell products through online marketplaces, often have cash-flow issues that can impede their ability to thrive but not a whole lot of options available to help. In a recent PYMNTS.com podcast interview, PayPlant co-CEO Ronjon Nag...
Samsung has announced that it will extend its reach into the enterprise space with when the next version of phones running Android is released. Makes sense since that market is huge and not as price sensitive as the consumer market. But what are the payments...
A new survey of 15k consumers in 15 global markets revealed just how high consumer expectations are when it comes to using their mobile phones to shop and pay. Sure they want the experience to secure, but that’s not the key driver. So, what is?
Uber, the ride-sharing platform that has disrupted the taxi industry, has inspired a thousand new business ideas and the ambition to “Uber-ize” just about everything. Cargomatic has latched onto this idea and raised $2.6 million to do exactly that for, of all industries, trucking. They...
Banks have deep reputational damage in need of repair. Blamed by many for causing the Great Recession, financial institutions adding fee and other controversial policies have only added to their difficulties in regaining consumer trust. A new Nielsen report offers some tips how they can...
Moving B2B payments processes away from paper checks to electronic payments can take a variety of forms. One method marketed by major bankcard brands is the virtual card. However, healthcare providers aren’t so enamored with products that one provider says boosted its card-acceptance costs by...
