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China’s Smartphone Market Dips for the First Time in Six Years
May 12, 2015

China’s smartphone market shrank by 4 percent year over year in 2015’s first quarter, with 98.8 million units shipped, research firm IDC reported Monday (May 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

What Is Citrus Pay And Why Did Peter Thiel Dump $3M Into It?
May 12, 2015

A consortium of investors, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, will put as much as $25 million into the Indian digital and mobile payments solutions company Citrus Pay, The Economic Times reported Monday (May 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Heartland’s Latest Effort To Beat Restaurant Payments Fraud
May 12, 2015

Heartland Payment Systems has announced its new Heartland Secure system, a data card security platform the company says will combine three separate solutions to offer restaurateurs protection against data fraud. At present, more than 11,500 restaurants across the U.S use Heartland Secure. Get the Full Story...

Study: Companies Value Data But Aren’t Paying To Protect It
May 12, 2015

It would appear that a lot of companies are not putting their money where there minds are when it comes to insuring themselves against data breaches. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Target’s Breach Settlement Consumer Website Launches
May 12, 2015

The massive Target breach that hit the company at the end of 2013 has made its share of headlines. And rightfully so, since 40 million payment cards and personal details for 70 million customers were impacted. But Target has recently announced how it plans to settle...

Bitcoin For President? Paul Taps Overstock CEO For Tech Team
May 12, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul has ran his campaign on two platforms: liberty and technology. And he’s even incorporated the digital currency favored by some of his tech-savvy constituents: bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Digital Dressing Rooms Reshaping Retail
May 12, 2015

While retailers are working to change up their eCommerce sites and shift their storefronts to keep consumers interested in stepping foot through their doors, there’s one area of retail that’s being influenced by technology that’s not quite as obvious when consumers step foot into the...

April’s Retail Sales And Foot Traffic Sink Again
May 12, 2015

For retailers that were hoping the sales and foot traffic that dipped in March would spring forward in April, they were likely disappointed as RetailNext’s April Retail Performance Pulse report indicated that those metrics took another plunge last month. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Counterfeit Goods Eating Etsy’s Stock Price
May 12, 2015

Investors were dropping Etsy stock like it was hot yesterday (May 11) afternoon following analysts’ warnings that as many as 2 million goods for sale on the arts and crafts marketplace are either fakes or violating trademarking laws. If that figure is correct, it would represent...