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Mobile Apps Drive Big Returns For UK eCommerce Market
June 26, 2015

Criteo, an eCommerce marketing tech vendor, published its latest report on mobile adoption, saying it continues to grow at record speed – and in the U.K. especially. In its 2015 Q1 report, Japan, South Korea and the U.K. – in that order – were the...

Acquiring
Two European Grocery Chains Form Major US Stake
June 25, 2015

Ahold and Delhaize announced yesterday (June 24) their intention to merge by mid 2016.  “Ahold Delhaize” – which is its new name – will count more than 6,500 stores, 375,000 associates and 50 million customers per week in the U.S. and in Europe. With a combined turnover of...

Omni-Channel Retailers’ Biggest Fear: Fraud
June 25, 2015

As more consumers engage with retailers through multiple channels — with an ever-increasing range of payment methods and devices — retailers are faced with added challenges, including heightened exposure to fraud risk and increased complexity of fraud management. And, according to a recent ACI Worldwide study...

Cross-border Payments
Uber-PayPal Pair-Up Now Online In 19 Nations
June 25, 2015

PayPal and Uber have been partnered on payments since 2013 — and that partnership is about expand. Uber is available in 300 cities, and soon riders in Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland can use PayPal to pay for their...

UK Apple Pay Contactless Spending Limit Challenge
June 25, 2015

Apple Pay’s expansion into the U.K. will start next month with 250,000 merchant locations accepting the mobile payment option. And while some say that 2015 will be “the year of Apple Pay,” Apple’s recently published FAQ on how things will actually work has dampened the general mood...

Europe
E-Retailer Tests How To Make Junk Email Stick
June 23, 2015

Royal Mail, the U.K.’s postal service, may soon be carrying some typically unwelcome mail through a pilot project that allows online retailers to send marketing material to consumers who have visited their website, The Guardian reports. This means that junk mail which was once conveniently filtered into a spam...

Europe
Imagotag Seals €35m NFC Contract in Europe
June 19, 2015

Imagotag, a subsidiary of Store Electronic Systems (SES), an electronic shelf labels supplier, just sealed an exclusive agreement in Germany with a mysterious “leading international retailer.” The €35m contract, which is one of the world’s largest ESL roll-out agreements to date according to Imagotag’s website,...

Alternative Credit
Long Live Credit Cards Says Visa Europe CEO
June 16, 2015

Visa Europe CEO Nicholas Huss defended the case of credit cards in Europe during MoneyConf in Belfast, reports International Business Times. Huss explained that while contactless payments are indeed on the rise in Europe – with 2.4 million contactless paypoints at the moment – ultimately...

Europe
Is Amazon In Trouble With The EU?
June 16, 2015

Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s Competition Commissioner, announced last week (June 11) that the EU is looking into Amazon e-books business practices on its home turf. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...