Mobile Commerce

Pizza Hut Down On Apple Pay
October 08, 2014

Pizza Hut, who was the first retailer to truly push the capabilities of the iPhone app and has been a longtime massive support of Apple efforts, said some decidedly non-cheerleaderish comments on Monday (Oct. 6) during a tradeshow panel. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Mobile Commerce
Target Reboots Holiday Mobile Strategy
October 08, 2014

According to the National Retail Federation, merchants rely on the holiday season to generate 20 to 40 percent of their annual revenue, which means suffering the largest retail breach in history (at the time) four days before Christmas is the retail equivalent of a plague...

Merchant Innovation
WePay Launches WePay Clear
October 08, 2014

Payments, particularly the technology side of the ecosystem, has many players who love visibility.  Apple Pay’s was announced with a level of theatricality normally reserved for summer blockbusters, PayPal’s 2014 has been operatic, Alibaba exploded onto the NYSE, bitcoin has suffered three or four “doomsday”...

iOS 8 Slow To Gain Traction
October 08, 2014

Two weeks in and several bug reveals (and patches) later, iOS 8 is not seeing the speedy adoption that Apple’s previous mobile operating systems have enjoyed.  According to data released on Apple’s website and spotted by MacRumors, 47 percent of those carrying Apple mobile devices...

Airbnb A Big Hit With Business Travelers
October 08, 2014

One of the most oft-cited criticisms of startups—especially mobile firms—is that they sell a solution in search of a problem. Airbnb is making a powerful case that such comments do not apply to them, as they are seeing soaring growth among business travelers specifically because the...

Square Cash’s New Lease on Life
October 08, 2014

Square is now singing the Bluetooth Blues, having rolled out on Tuesday (Oct. 7) an iOS 8 BLE-empowered way to send cash to nearby people, called Nearby Payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Marc Andreessen’s Rx For Financial Services
October 08, 2014

Venture Capitalist—and graphical Web browser creator—Marc Andreessen is looking at the payments space as an area that needs to—and can—be fully recrafted. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Is It Safe To Say The Samsung S6 Dominate the iPhone 6? Probably.
October 07, 2014

Apple has targeted their products in developing countries with higher incomes in order to position itself as a premium product. This focus has served Apple really well, allowing the company to capture extremely high margins while continuing to illustrate growth in sales. However, these markets...

Alternative Finances
How Much More Expensive Are Business Checking Accounts?
October 07, 2014

For businesses owners, particularly of the small variety, their checking accounts may not be their friends. A new study released by WalletHub reveals that, when stacked up against their personal checking using counterparts in the consumer market, business customers are getting the short end of...