Americans get 5 billion emails a day and 75 percent of them are viewed on mobile devices. @Pay has taken this 30 year old communications tool and turned it into a powerful point of sale. PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster caught-up with @Pay’s CEO John Killoran...
Home design e-tailer Fab.com is in talks to be acquired, according to comments its CEO made to Forbes.com. 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...
The Paym service seems to be taking off among British banking customers. More than a million users have signed on to use the service, which allows (U.K. equivalent) ACH transfers of funds between mobile numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Blackhawk Network is partnering with Barclays Bank to enable merchant gift cards as a choice on the Pingit mobile payments app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
American Express has given up its bid to wrest total control of the “Black Card” brand name from Netherland’s registered Israel-based coffee producer, which owns the Black Card coffee trademark. A court dismissed the case after AmEx withdrew its action. Get the Full Story Complete...
OpenTable reinvented the restaurant reservation dining scene 16 years ago and more recently introduced mobile payments into the mix. But is Apple next up to reinvent the dining experience for hungry people and restaurateurs? MPD CEO Karen Webster shares two separate but related data points...
If Twitter is trying to keep its imminent commerce plans confidential, it should probably clue in its mobile app developers, who have made visible a preference option for “payment and shipping” in its Android app. (It’s apparently not been yet made visible in the iOS...
Milk, blueberries, yogurt, Popchips, Comcast monthly bill? Yep. A growing roster of retailers now enable their customers to pay a variety of monthly bills at checkout. And, the benefits go well beyond customer convenience – increasing both foot traffic and impulse buys, especially for those...
When Red Cross workers are helping with disaster relief in the middle of war-torn areas or natural disasters, the last thing they need to deal with are money-transfer headaches to secure critical supplies and services. Enter WorldRemit Ltd., which gets those humanitarian aid workers the...
