Merchant Innovation

Apple Dominates Mobile Revenue
February 05, 2015

Apple continues to cut a path of domination through the mobile space.  According to a new study by Opera Mediaworks, Apple led 2014 in ad revenue by a wide margin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

MasterCard On Building the OS For Digital Commerce
February 05, 2015

MasterCard’s Masters of Code Hackathon Series officially kicks off today in Sydney, Australia, focusing first on mobile commerce innovation. Following Sydney, the Series will move to other parts of the world, encompassing themes like security, financial inclusion and commerce innovation. In a recent interview, Mario...

2015 Starts Off With A Bang And Yummly Reimagines Food As A Platform
February 04, 2015

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Ex-Visa Exec to Chair Credorax Board
February 04, 2015

Today, digital merchant acquiring bank Credorax will announce Joshua Floum as the new chairman of its Board of Directors. Today’s announcement follows one last fall in which it was reported that the startup nabbed $40M in funding to expand its cloud-based, cross border payments processing...

Target to Open 15 Stores in Urban Areas in 2015
February 04, 2015

In an effort to respond to the increasingly urban, digitally connected population, Target has announced the opening of 15 stores this year in major American cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Dubbed “TargetExpress,” these stores are only 20,000 square feet and...

Study: Mobile Shoppers Likely to Shop From Home
February 04, 2015

Mobile shopping has come to be understood as a way for brick-and-mortar stores to increase traffic and sales inside the four walls of their establishment, but a survey from November 2014 released by Contact Solutions shows that the idea of the “showrooming” customer is superseded...

Looking For The Future Of Financial Services?
February 03, 2015

Almost five years after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law, a multitude of alternative finance schemes have emerged to challenge the banking status quo and to develop platforms that have re-imagined almost every aspect of traditional banking and...

Paym and the Fed’s Push for Faster Payments
February 03, 2015

On Jan. 26, the Federal Reserve released their plans to explore faster payments more in depth, with a potential release of their study on Feb. 24-26 at the Eastpay Conference in Orlando. While the payments world, to quote MPD CEO Karen Webster, is on “pins and needles”...

Amazon To Buy Some RadioShack Locations?
February 03, 2015

In an attempt to shore up its emerging brick-and-mortar business, Amazon.com Inc. is in talks about acquiring some RadioShack Corp. locations after the electronics chain files for bankruptcy, two people with knowledge of the matter said according to Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the...