PayPal is extending the software behind its PayPal Here payment-card-reading device so that the system will also work with brick-and-mortar stores’ existing countertop payment-card readers, TechCrunch reported on Thursday (Sept. 4). The extension takes the form of a software development kit (SDK) and it is being...
Apple has reportedly negotiated deals with several leading issuers to extend card present rates to Apple for all transactions involving their cards with Apple’s new mobile payments scheme. On top of that concession, they have agreed to give Apple back part of the card present...
Amazon’s been in the market for about a month with its mPOS solution and theories abound about the impact that it will have on the mPOS ecosystem. Eric Hoffman, SVP and U.S. General Manager for ROAM is pretty bullish on the opportunities that it will...
Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Cards Coin,...
Mobile phones are a fixture on college campuses and now so are payments using nothing more than those mobile phone numbers on campus and in the stores that surround it. Bill Nyhan, CEO at PXT Payments, recently told PYMNTS how his strategy of creating ubiquity...
Even though the official end of Summer isn’t for another few weeks, the impending turn of the calendar pages from August to September sure signals that summer is over . If that isn’t enough, the signs of Fall are also in great abundance: kids are...
The world is global, so why isn’t eCommerce? MPD CEO Karen Webster hosted a digital discussion with BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and President of iGlobal Stores Clint Reid to get to the bottom of why 75 percent of merchants in the US aren’t capable of...
The retail world is changing and Macy’s is transforming with it according to reporting in Retail Information System News. The retail giant putting its money where its intentions are, and throwing its $1billion-plus annual CapEx budget to building their infrastructure to fulfill a variety of...
Today’s consumers have lots of expectations, and merchants increasingly must address them to stay competitive. Manhattan Associates’ recent acquisition of GlobalBay from VeriFone illustrated the urgency to react to these market changes, which reflect the growing need for omnichannel and “clienteling” support. What a business...
