Mobile Commerce

BlueSnap
BlueSnap Release Hassle-Free Integrations for Magento and PrestaShop
May 05, 2014

Easy, New Integration Enables Localized eCommerce Experiences in 180 Countries with Higher Payment Conversions

B2B Payments
Europe Becoming Fleet Card Providers’ Latest Battleground
May 05, 2014

Both FleetCor and WEX have announced takeovers of the fuel card portfolios of two large oil companies in Europe, opening up opportunities for both to expand in the region. Shell and ExxonMobil, meanwhile, surely will benefit as well as the two companies handling their fuel...

BlueSnap
BlueSnap Integrates with Magento, PrestaShop
May 05, 2014

BlueSnap announced today that it has released “shopping cart ‘plugins’” that will allow ecommerce platforms Magento and PrestaShop the ability to localize shopping experiences in 180 countries, optimizing cross-border sales. The integration requires few steps and includes BlueSnap tools that will enable merchants to “convert...

Cool
Because We’re Happy
May 05, 2014

Confidence among consumers globally is increasing to a point not seen since before the Great Recession, according to a recent Nielsen report. What makes consumers around the world so happy? Find out more.

Mobile Commerce
Chase and Marriott Rewards Team Up for SMBs
May 05, 2014

Chase and Marriott Rewards launched the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Signature® Business Credit Card designed for small business owners who travel frequently for business or pleasure. “We are delighted with this opportunity to better serve the travel needs of small business owners,” said Misha Lapcevic, Vice President, Marriott Rewards Partnerships. “With a...

B2B Payments
B2B Payments Innovation Down Under
May 05, 2014

Australian-based MYOB wants it deliver what its acronym stands for….for businesses of all sizes to “mind your own business” while they mind the back office, including payments. Its biggest beef was that business payments have been slow to move online, and cash flow has suffered...

Loyalty & Rewards
Google And Amazon Face A Future Of Directly Competing
May 05, 2014

The clash of the titans has officially begun online as search behemoth Google and internet retail giant Amazon directly compete for the eyes, clicks and dollars of shoppers in the on and offline realms. In the latest round of competition to be the place where shoppers...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Reveals Strong First-Quarter Earnings
May 05, 2014

MasterCard announced today its first-quarter earnings for 2014. According to a company blog post, net revenue growth was 14 percent due to a “double-digit increase in both gross volume and processed transactions.” Net income also increased by 14 percent, and earnings per share rose 18...

Cool
Mother’s Day Spending, Trillions of Dollars in Credit Card Processing, Privacy-Flexible Consumers…And Other Friday Factoids
May 02, 2014

Do you know… how many tens of millions of dollars Americans will spend on Mother’s Day this year? How many consumers will exchange personal information for a good deal? How many trillions of dollars the credit card industry will process this year? If not, keep...