Wondering what consumers in your home state are buying on Walmart.com? The company has revealed the year’s 20 most popular online items...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” There are many great ways to begin a book –...
A decade ago, the world of financial services saw what was perhaps its greatest sea change in a generation — in 2007,...
No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant. 2017 was epic, from Amazon to bitcoin to...
It was a record-breaking year in retail, according to reports — but not the good kind. More store closings have been announced this...
The U.S. labor market in 2017 is getting a bit tighter. And at the same time, the services sector is slowing bit,...
Samsung Electronics remained the leader in terms of global mobile smartphone shipments during Q2 2017. That’s according to market research firm Canalys,...
The earnings numbers are in for Under Armour, and it’s not exactly what the sports apparel retailer was hoping for. This week, Under...
Amazon announced that small businesses (SMBs) and entrepreneurs sold more than two billion items to shoppers on the site — resulting in...
Citi, in its first investor meeting since the 2008 recession Tuesday (July 25), announced plans to focus on digital services in the...
All over the world, the retail industry is seeing a major transformation. As more people turn to the online arena to purchase...
The financial services space has many players in the field moving money throughout the stock exchange. Like a well-oiled machine, stocks are...
Capital One’s Q2 earnings are in and have beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations. While analysts polled by Reuters expected Capital One’s earnings...
Apple has seen Bank of America Merrill Lynch join a growing list of Wall Street firms that are lowering their shipment forecasts...
Diebold Nixdorf shares plunged 23 percent on Wednesday, hit by reduced revenue guidance that spooked investors. The ATM and financial services company...
Mobile payments using biometrics to authenticate the user is forecasted to reach close to $2 billion in 2017, up from $600 million...
The retail sector has been suffering a lot of pain this year, with bankruptcies already happening at a record pace and more...
Card issuer Mastercard posted results Tuesday morning that bested analyst estimates, buoyed by increased spending by consumers globally, driven across both debit...
Western Union posted results that were mixed, topping the quarter’s estimates slightly on the top line while missing on the bottom line,...
The big day has finally arrived — no thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to throw a disruption of her own at the...
The data breach news keeps getting worse for Yahoo. According to Reuters, Yahoo said that in the past two years nearly 32...
The mobile money market is continuing to not only grow, but also have an increasing impact on lives, economies and innovation. This...
It looks like more bad news for the U.S. department store sector. After a subpar holiday shopping season, research firm Moody’s announced...
While most retail marketers have similar goals in 2017 in terms of enhancing consumer engagement and increasing sales, the online realm of...
Heading into the new year, most everyone, retailers included, is looking within to enhance our lives and businesses from knowledge already ascertained...
It’s not so much the what, but the where. That’s how PayU CEO Laurent Le Moal framed his predictions for 2017 in...
Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and...
Au revoir, 2016! It’s been nice knowing you. For Auld Lang Syne and all that. As PYMNTS puts away our party noisemakers...
Deloitte has been an early embracer of blockchain technology, and 2016 was a busy year for the consulting firm in the space....
Capital One’s Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will face the most modern of challenges in 2017....
Analysts are peering into the minds of small business owners to find out how they plan to enter the new year. The...
2017 looks like it’s shaping up to be a solid year. Between consumer confidence trending upward and more people spending — and racking up some debt — retailers...
With its original focus on cryptocurrency, blockchain technology made strides, expansions and evolutions this year. “In 2016, we saw a diversification of...
When consumer confidence is up around the holidays, spending is up, and retailers are happy. So, with less than a week left...
Could 2016 be “The Year of the Blockchain?” Some research says it could indeed be. IBM said, by this time next year,...