October 15, 2012
eBay Offers Exclusive Flash Sales Through eRetailer Rue La La
Online auction giant eBay has begun offering exclusive flash sales from fashion eRetailer Rue La La, notes Internet Retailer. Rue La La will offer eight sales per week on eBay,...
June 19, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: June 19-20
You rely on PYMNTS.com for insights and analysis on all of the biggest stories in payments. But in addition to our industry-leading, in-depth coverage, we also provide a bird’s eye...
December 21, 2011
Heaviest Week in U.S. Online Holiday Shopping History Pushes Season-to-Date...
December 20, 2011 – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 48 days of the November –...
December 08, 2011
Incredible India!
Emerging Market Perspective Series: Report 1 Executive Summary A leading analyst group predicts that “India will climb…to be one of the world’s top five generators of non-cash payments by 2017.”1...
June 30, 2011
PayPal Responds to Fed’s Latest Debit Regulations
June 30, 2011 PayPal issued a short statement regarding Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting on the final proposal for debit card regulation, according to the site auctionBYTES. “The effect on the...
January 25, 2011
A Hat-Trick for NHL Execs: Card Industry, Mobile Payments and...
Ahead of the National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Game this weekend, some of the organization’s leaders stopped in to share their thoughts on partnering with the payments industry and innovation...
November 16, 2010
eCom 301 Lesson 2: eCom Evolution
by Tim Attinger eCom 301 (elective): Evolution of Online Commerce Lesson 2 Discussion Board: What might have been the unique “network effect” characteristics of the environment in which PayPal ignited,...
November 14, 2010
Insights on Payment Innovation from Harvard Business School’s 16th Annual...
I was asked to moderate a panel on Innovation in Payments Saturday (November 13, 2010) as part of Harvard Business School’s 16th annual Cyberposium. This year’s theme was Battle of...
November 01, 2010
The Web Payment Wars Begin with Visa’s Purchase of CyberSource
Visa’s $2 billion purchase of CyberSource, a leading e-payments provider, may mark the beginning of the wars over who will help merchants and consumers transact over the web. PayPal has...