October 24, 2018
Australia: ACCC concerned over Vodafone billing services
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has probed Vodafone about the telecoms company’s content services and billing, months after slugging competitor Telstra with a AUD$10 million (US$7.1 million) fine...
October 23, 2018
Helios And Matheson To Spin Off MoviePass
Helios and Matheson Analytics, the parent company of MoviePass, announced Tuesday (Oct. 23) that the board has signed off on a preliminarily plan to spin off MoviePass. Get the Full...
October 22, 2018
Apple’s Search Ad Business Could Hit Nearly $2B By 2020
Apple’s search ad business could be a money maker for the Cupertino, California iPhone maker in the years to come, with Wall Street firm Bernstein predicting it could reach $2...
October 22, 2018
Unattended Battery Rentals Keep Mobile Phones Mobile
Cashier-free stores are expanding, offering app-based checkouts and mobile order-ahead fulfilled by robots. However, for all the convenience, the stores can’t deliver the goods if consumers’ smartphones run out of...
October 18, 2018
Live Event Tickets, Subscription-Style
The subscription model has long brought consumers to movie theaters to spend a night out: MoviePass, for all of its recent challenges, has popularized the idea of movie-tickets-as-a-service available to...
October 18, 2018
MoviePass Parent Being Investigated By New York AG
Barbara Underwood, the New York Attorney General, has launched an investigation into Helios and Matheson, the MoviePass parent company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
October 17, 2018
Deep Dive: How Prepaid Cards Can Ease Gig Workers’ Payment...
As companies increasingly turn to gig workers for short-term projects, and workers see the gig economy as more than a “side hustle,” faster payments are set to become a top...
October 16, 2018
Lyft Rolls Out All-Access Monthly Subscription Plan
Lyft, the ride-hailing company, announced on Tuesday (Oct. 16) that it has launched a new subscription plan that it is calling its All-Access Plan. Get the Full Story Complete the...
October 15, 2018
G2 Crowd On Avoiding The Costly Mistakes Of SaaS Procurement
Software company 1E raised eyebrows in 2016 when it released a report warning that businesses have wasted a collective $28 billion in the U.S. alone as a result of unused...
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
Retail subscriptions are changing the shopping landscape, and nearly one-third of subscribers purchase most or all items using scheduled or auto-fill subscriptions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 2,011 consumers and 188 retail subscription merchants, “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” a collaboration with sticky.io, details the replenish economy and its impact on in-store shopping habits.