Mobile Commerce

Mobile Commerce
Google Enhances Ecommerce Functionality
May 30, 2014

Google announced during the Google Analytics Summit 2014 that it had created a new feature designed to better understand customer behavior and the effectiveness of merchandising efforts. The Internet powerhouse company released what it calls “Enhanced Ecommerce,” in an effort to help businesses better understand...

Loyalty & Rewards
PYMNTS Exclusive: “Freemium” App Model Rules All, Says Bango
May 30, 2014

Apps are limiting business models, and the basic “pay to play” model has been challenged, according to recent analysis from Bango, a mobile payments solution for app stores such as Google Play, BlackBerry World, Windows Phone Store and Firefox Marketplace. The results shared exclusively with...

Mobile Commerce
New Mobile Wallet Application Launches
May 30, 2014

On May 29, DSB Bank announced that it had launched DBS PayLah!, its mobile wallet application. According to a recent Today article, the application lets DSB customers, as well as POSB customers, to use their mobile phones to pay for purchases, send and receive funds...

Merchant Innovation
Apple Reaching Out to Top Retailers As It Contemplate Payments Push
May 30, 2014

After all the speculation it seems Apple is finally ready to start making its push into payments, albeit slowly. According to reports in 9to5Mac executives from the high design tech company have reportedly been in meetings with retail chain directors about a mobile payments servicce. So...

Mobile Commerce
Wet Seal: Ecommerce Sales Up 8.3 Percent
May 29, 2014

Wet Seal, Inc. released its first quarter financial results this month, showing that while comparable store sales declined by 16.9 percent in the first quarter, e-commerce sales increased by 8.3 percent in that same time. According to Wet Seal CEO John Goodman, the company is...

Mobile Commerce
Ecwid Raises $5 million In Fundraising
May 29, 2014

The e-commerce platform Ecwid announced yesterday that it has closed $5 million in its second round of funding. According to the startup, the money will be used toward Ecwid’s mobile- and social-commerce products, adding more partners to its global distribution network and increasing its sales and...

Mobile Commerce
Uber Joins Forces With AT&T
May 29, 2014

In an effort to provide better service to their customers, mobile software company Uber has formed a partnership with AT&T. According to a release on Uber’s website, the Uber app will begin to be embedded in new AT&T Android phones, and AT&T will be one of...

Alternative Finances
Subscription-TV Firm Dish To Accept Bitcoin
May 29, 2014

Dish Networks LLC will become the largest company to accept bitcoins, the subscription model pay-TV provider announced May 29. The wholly owned subsidiary of Dish Network Corp. plans to begin accepting the cryptocurrency from customers in the third quarter. “We always want to deliver choice...

Mobile Commerce
Spindle Seeks Benefits From Moolah
May 29, 2014

Mobile commerce solutions provider Spindle Inc. has signed a strategic agreement with Moolah LLC in which the independent sales organization will integrate Spindle’s merchant-aggregation and payment-processing infrastructure into its eCommerce and mobile offerings. Moolah, which serves thousands of U.S. merchants, says in the agreement announcement...