June 05, 2015
The Omnichannel Path to Customer Loyalty
The current edition of the Vantiv Omnicommerce Tracker identifies how progressive retailers and companies are enabling omnichannel across multiple lenses – all of which apply to the customer experience. MPD...
June 04, 2015
Restaurants Take The mPOS Cake
May was a big month for the mPOS players, with the hospitality sector driving demand and user adoption. Starbucks, in the beginning of May opened an express store in New...
April 30, 2015
Yelp’s Plans To Shift Offline Orders Online With Eat24
While Yelp has always been vague about how it plans to monetize the platform — outside of advertising dollars — what it appears is helping Yelp grow most is acquisitions...
April 17, 2015
Rocket Internet Buys Food-Delivery Startup Volo
German food-delivery startup Volo has been acquired by Rocket Internet, just days after the Samwer Brothers’ startup factory invested in one of Volo’s soon-to-be-direct competitors, according to TechCrunch. Terms of...
April 01, 2015
How ChowNow Stands Out On The Mobile Dining Buffet
While there are many positive things to be said for the on-demand mobile economy, one that cannot be mentioned enough times is that going hungry is not an option for...
March 27, 2015
Order Any Service With A Simple Text, Just Like Magic
On-demand delivery has become big business as consumers express a growing willingness to shell out cash for convenience. One startup, Magic, is taking that convenience to new levels through its...
March 04, 2015
Saving Dinner For Diners And Restaurants From EMV
“Uh-uh. No way. Cold cucumber mush for thirty-something bucks?” –Phoebe Buffay, “Friends,” The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant Every year, hundreds of perfectly nice meals are ruined when it...
February 24, 2015
Delivery Startup Magic Explodes In Its First 48 Hours
A Silicon Valley startup called Magic, which promises to deliver anything a customer wants anywhere in the U.S. (as long as it’s legal, physically possible and not too “unusual”), has...
February 17, 2015
Trackin Maps Real-Time Restaurant Delivery
As mobile food orders continue to develop technologically — and in keeping with the prediction of Rocket Internet’s CEO regarding the growth of this industry in mobile commerce — restaurants...
The gig economy has become an appealing option for American workers seeking flexible self-employment, but delayed payouts can quickly drive these workers into financial hardship, especially if the delays become a regular occurrence. In this month’s Expanding Payments Choice Playbook, a collaboration with Onbe, PYMNTS talked with Grubhub’s Mrugesh Bavda about how the food aggregator’s instant payments program improves its drivers’ financial freedom and loyalty.