Merchant Innovation

Tim Cook Talks Apple Philosophy
March 23, 2015

For those outside of Apple, anyone’s guess is a good as another’s as to what the company might create next. But Apple CEO Tim Cook has given a peek behind the scenes — not into specific products per se, but into a general line of...

Karen Webster
Is Facebook Now Payments’ Biggest Threat?
March 23, 2015

Last week’s Innovation Project 2015 was all about “Innovation at the Intersections”  – a nod to the influence of the many powerful ecosystems that are now shaping the future of payments and commerce. Our two days of discussion focused on the extent to which the...

Ferguson Turns To Crowdsourcing To Rebuild Broken Business
March 23, 2015

In the months and weeks after the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police, the waves of protests and riots that followed have left the small business owners in the area with an expensive set of problems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

What’s In A Name? The Omnichannel Debate
March 23, 2015

What do you get when you bring eight payments, retail and commerce executives together to debate whether omnichannel is the future of retail? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

MallforAfrica Brings US, UK Goods To Nigeria
March 23, 2015

When thinking about where the next platform for the global mall would be, most wouldn’t peg it to be in Nigeria. But with the advancement of eCommerce solutions in the country and the help of one business, that’s just the place where the online global...

100 Innovations
From Cows To Mobile – The Ideas That Changed Payments
March 21, 2015

While the Code of Hammurabi is best known for the “eye for an eye” proclamation, it also deserves credit for being the first recorded instance in history where money was formally recognized as a tool of civil society. While less eye-catching than the retributive justice part,...

Apple And The Cordless, Cardless Consumer
March 20, 2015

The biggest news in Apple Pay this week came courtesy of PYMNTS at this year’s Innovation Project – with big news on both the adoption and innovation fronts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Pii360: Payments Top Innovators Revealed
March 20, 2015

Disruption, then innovation. Or is it innovation then disruption? Either way you slice it, the payments industry is going through a massive wave of disruptive innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Controversial
Apple Pay Adoption: Improving, But Still A Long Way To Go
March 19, 2015

A little under four months ago, the payments ecosystem got something of a surprise when a first round of Apple Pay adoption numbers was released by InfoScout in collaboration with PYMNTS.com. A survey of about 400 possible Apple Pay users on Black Friday revealed that...