Alternative Credit
The Wild Ride In Alternative Financing In 2017
December 26, 2017

A decade ago, the world of financial services saw what was perhaps its greatest sea change in a generation — in 2007, two separate, unconnected and epoch-making things happened at the same time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

How DoorDash’s Delivery Platform Changes How And Where People Pay
December 26, 2017

Order-ahead is fast winning consumer’s hearts, so much so that grocery stores and airports want in on the action, too. In the December PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Door Dash’s Abhay Sukumaran explains how the company is using machine learning to match the consumer’s need for...

Karen Webster
52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments
December 26, 2017

No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant. 2017 was epic, from Amazon to bitcoin to hillbillies to Walmart, as the following eBook pages prove. Here’s to a 2018 filled with more food for thought, across the realms of...

Commerce
The Most Unusual Connected Devices Of 2017
December 23, 2017

The Internet of Things (IoT) may have jumped the digital shark this year. 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....

Consumer Finance
Consumer Spending Jumps In November
December 22, 2017

Spending on the part of U.S. consumers picked up during the month of November, with the order of capital goods increasing for the tenth month in a row. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Partnerships
Amazon Buys Maker Of Wireless Security Cameras Blink
December 22, 2017

Amazon, the Seattle, Washington-based eCommerce giant, has inked a deal to acquire Blink, the wireless security camera company that launched in early 2016. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Legal & Regulation
Chinese Investors Find A Way To Trade Bitcoin
December 22, 2017

The Chinese government may have clamped down on bitcoin trading, but that hasn’t stopped the cryptocurrency market from booming in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Tanks, Capping Volatile Trading Week
December 22, 2017

Bitcoin’s value plunged at the end of a volatile cryptocurrency trading week, with the price falling under $11,000 for a brief time, currently off 44 percent from a high set on Sunday (Dec. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

eCommerce
How Capsule Wants To Bring The Human Touch To eCommerce
December 22, 2017

The pharmacy is just one of those places. Like the DMV or the dentist, it’s one of those places consumers have to visit from time to time — but no one really gets excited about the task. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...