With the exception perhaps of the Starbucks mobile app, mobile apps for payment have been struggling to catch on with consumers. Some petroleum retailers, however, appear to making a go of it with apps that offer discounts on gasoline purchases at the pump. Get the...
Followers of PYMNTS mPos Tracker know that the essential truth of mobile point of sale is competition. It seems as though every day a new payments technology player is launching to audition for the world on the mPOS stage. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Mobile banking and payments company Monitise is tightening its new alliance with IBM, transferring hundreds of its U.K.-based professional services staff to IBM, according to Finextra. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Consumers like their mobile devices and they increasingly like shopping on them. But merchants wish more of that activity happened inside their own mobile apps. That’s exactly the opportunity that PayPal’s One Touch payments brings to merchants, said Braintree CEO Bill Ready, by making it...
Best Buy on Tuesday (Aug. 26) conceded that it was projecting a gloomy next couple of quarters, as the consumer electronics chain signaled its third consecutive year of falling revenue, the Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was $5 billion and in August 2012, it was $3.25 billion, Bloomberg noted. Get the Full...
Roomlia, a discounted hotel reservations mobile app that gives access to more than 250 hotels, launched Monday for iOS, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
McDonald’s is going national with a mobile ordering and payment app, offering music and video downloads, and expanding online loyalty programs in an effort to increase sales at U.S. restaurants, according to Adweek. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Retailers love M-Commerce in all of its forms, whether it’s in-store barcode scanning, shopping while riding the subway or trying out a mobile payment methods. But an alert from Seeking Alpha points out the payments dark side of that mobile madness: the very real potential...
