April 23, 2014
US: FTC clears Facebook virtual reality acquisition
Facebook has been approved to acquire virtual reality goggle-maker Oculus, the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday. The social media conglomerate first announced last month plans to buy the two-year-old company...
March 28, 2014
Friday Factoids: Chinese Bank Runs, Student Loan Debt, Facebook’s Virtual...
There’s so much data influencing the industry today that it can be hard to stay on top of everything. PYMNTS.com’s Friday Factoids are the perfect solution for innovators, entrepreneurs or...
March 17, 2014
Michael Porter’s Five Forces And Payments Innovation
I feel like I’m back in school. In preparing for The Innovation Project’s lead off session with Professor Michael Porter, the father of competitive strategy, and 10 CEOs from across...
March 10, 2014
Bitcoin Mining: The Basics
One of the more misunderstood or outright confusing aspects of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin is the process called “mining.” The term conjures up images of resource extraction, when in...
November 01, 2013
The New Best Practices For Corporate Travel Spend
By Robert Lawrence, VP Corporate Travel for CSI Enterprises, Inc. Individual credit cards have had a long run as the de-facto way employers finance employee travel expenses, and for justifiable...
September 25, 2013
The Mobile Money Cycle: How Is It Driving Financial Inclusion?
By Chanel Smith EMEA Editor In many developing countries, the number of consumers with mobile phones far outnumbers those with bank accounts. Transferring money through mobile phones were virtually unheard...
September 23, 2013
Vodafone Pilots Mobile Shopping Wall For German Grocer
Vodafone, a mobile network operator, announced it is piloting “Virtual Shelf”—a mobile shopping wall for grocery outlet Emmas Enkel—in Dusseldorf, Germany, reported NFC World. The initiative will allow 5,000 employees...
September 09, 2013
SeeMore Leverages Augmented Reality To Fight Retail Showrooming
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) We’ve all been here. We see a great product online, we add it to our cart. Then the questions start creeping in: Should we spend all...
August 18, 2013
The Six Things That Will Change the Future of Payments
Well, it’s that time of year … summer is (sadly) coming to a close, the kids are headed back to school and 2014 strategic planning sessions are kicking off. If...