In Depth

How Retail Tech And Data Drive Consumer Engagement
August 26, 2015

Retail 101 for today’s basic retailer means having the tools to keep customers engaged, and making them want to come back. And, of course, it means attracting new consumers to drive new sales. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Amazon’s Fashionable ‘Investment Mode’
August 25, 2015

“Who are you wearing?” is a line Amazon executives want people asking. 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...

SME Accountants: Take A Page From Your Own Book
August 25, 2015

In today’s market, what do businesses really want from their accounting services? According to new research from B2B Software-as-a-Service firm Exact, companies want their accounting tools and service providers to act as a driver for businesses to stay competitive and relevant. Get the Full Story...

Payments Stocks: Tanking Or Turning Upwards?
August 25, 2015

The sea of red in the global stock markets is rising, and so is investor fear. But the implications for payments companies may be short-lived, as the business landscape may remain healthy even amid stock market turbulence. See our analysis on yesterday’s rout on payments...

Alternative Finances
Will The Market Cool-Off Freeze Some Alt Lending Players?
August 25, 2015

When the stock market opens and immediately drops a thousand points, it is an eye-catching moment for investors everywhere. And that is what happened on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. The reactions on the day were mixed. Some called yesterday’s adventures in investing a long overdue market correction...

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Business Security Gets Crowdsourced
August 24, 2015

As the nature of security threats, both physical and cyber, continue to evolve so have the strategies companies are using to combat the sophisticated nature of these criminal activities. One of those strategies is the idea of “crowdsourcing” security efforts, which involves security executives sharing...

B2B Payments
Global Spotlight: Mexico, Brazil & Argentina
August 24, 2015

Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have teamed up to launch a pilot program that strengthens cooperation between the countries in exchanging digital invoices. The nations are already situated in one of the world’s highest-ranked continents when it comes to digital billing. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Big Value For Visa Europe, Big Progress For The Blockchain And Big Trouble For Snapchat
August 24, 2015

Between Apple’s falling share prices, Amazon’s HR woes and the great Ashley Madison data dump of 2015, last week was an all-around great time for gossip in America. And with so much scurrilous (and potentially spurious) data floating free in cyberspace, it might have been...

Making Payments Easy For Mobile Merchants
August 24, 2015

Small, mobile merchants want one and only one thing: a simple way to take their customer’s favorite payments methods. Flint CEO Greg Goldfarb describes how he thinks he's cracked the code for mobile merchants and their interest in becoming more integrated with Apple Pay and...