“If you want to live in a cashless society, where most consumers and merchants are using their mobile phones for payments and other financial services, pack your bags and head to Somaliland or a few other destinations that are as long on mobile payments as...
No matter which sector of the payments industry you’re looking at, the conversation always comes back to mobile. Mobile payments, mobile shopping, mobile websites and mobile app — it all begins with mobile. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Mobile shopping on smartphones and tablets grew 174 percent in 2014, according to analytics vendor Flurry — including a whopping 220 percent jump on Android devices, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The Apple Watch has yet to be released, but mobile ad network TapSense has already announced the first programmatic ad platform for Apple’s iPhone-connected wearable, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
San Francisco’s Muni public transit system will begin testing a mobile ticketing app this summer, the city’s transit agency announced on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
NXT-ID will be showing the world the newest iteration of its Wocket smart wallet device at the 2015 International CES. The Connecticut based biometric authentication company gave their first preview of the smart wallet to select media yesterday (December 5), and this consumer electronics show...
The rise in popularity in the ridesharing market did exactly what e-Commerce did to traditional brick-and-mortar retail. It disrupted the space, undercut business models and angered those in the industry — but it grabbed consumer attention. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group has pulled in 1 billion yuan ($161 million) for what it hopes will be the biggest omnichannel retail operation in the world, according to Forbes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Holiday-season online sales jumped 13.9 percent compared to 2013, according to a final report covering November and December from IBM’s Digital Analytics Benchmark. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
