U.S. eCommerce sales reached $56.99 billion in Q3 2012, representing a 17.3 percent increase from the same period a year ago, according to the Department of Commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
eBay has launched its “eBay now” same-day shipping service in New York, according to Tech Crunch. 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 our daily...
Facebook has announced that its Gifts feature has expanded to tens of millions of users, reports Tech Crunch. New partners such as Fab, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Random House, ProFlowers and others have joined on for the service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Bolstered by strong weeks by the POS equipment/software, prepaid and networks industries, the payments industry gained 2.32 percent on the stock market last week, putting an end to a two-week decline in overall value. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Electronic commerce is one of the fastest-growing segments of the payments industry, and Cyber Monday is among an eRetailer’s most important days of the year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
For the second straight week, the payments industry saw a small but consistent decline across nearly all of its subsections, as the value of the industry as a whole fell -0.54 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The proliferation of social media is quickly changing the way some customers in India, Southeast Asia and around the world interact with financial institutions (FIs). Using smartphones and other Internet-enabled mobile devices, customers are selecting when and where they engage and transact, whether through their...
Director of Innovation is a title that lends itself to some questions. Do you lead innovation in incremental or disruptive steps? Does innovation center on the payment itself or the processes before and after the transaction? Should innovation benefit a business, or should it benefit...
Some may consider “daily deals” to be a passing payments phase, but according to data from shopping app Slice, the industry is actually on the rise. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...