Worldpay has granted its U.S. buyer Vantiv a week-long extension to get its takeover bid in order. 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...
As Flipkart continues to gear up for what will likely be a protracted fight with Amazon.com, it seems to have gotten some good news. Rival marketplace Snapdeal won’t be a rival much longer — according to interior sources (two of them, according to Reuters), its...
Until fairly recently the Middle East was a rather underdeveloped region from an eCommerce point of view. According to McKinsey, 50 million consumers are scattered across several countries in the region and yet only two percent of all retail spend flows online today. Get the...
Western Union money transfers are coming to gas stations. 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 completing this form,...
Bitcoin may be volatile, but as India goes cashless, the cryptocurrency might find its way into the arsenal of legal tender not tied to paper and coins. And, in the United States, wrangling over the CFPB’s mandate paving the way for class action suits in...
Europe sets the pace for fashion, finance … and fraud? As EMV gains traction in the States, the chip card revolution on the Continent has already largely been completed. And the bad guys are increasingly plying the fraudulent transaction game online. TSYS offers up a few data...
While there is still much in the way of debate in the U.S. and the rest of the developed West about the shape of things to come with the mobile and digital payments revolution that remains in nascent stages, on the other side of the...
Samsung’s venture capital arm has announced it will use a $150 million global funding round to invest in Europe’s startup scene. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
More than half the world’s mobile money deployments are coming from a perhaps unexpected source: Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in a way, that balance makes sense. Mobile money deployments give unbanked individuals access to financial services, and that’s clearly filling a significant need in that part...
