Digital River, a commerce-as-a-service vendor, on Wednesday (Oct. 1) said that it would support Apple Pay on its mPOS line. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Bill Gates thinks Apple Pay is a powerful move forward for the payments space and anticipates it will set in motion a wide range of positive developments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
A Detroit-based firm called Locqus is launching a mobile app designed to support small businesses—along the lines of “plumbers, handymen and landscaping companies”—to coordinate jobs and payments with customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
There’s nothing better than a juicy story. And the juicy story this week was what is said to have lead up to the decision of the eBay Board to spin off PayPal. What’s been reported “according to sources that have knowledge” on both the PayPal...
Macy’s has been incrementally building its merged channel capabilities for years. The chain has repeated the same process again and again: Start with a small-scale test of an in-store feature, such as Macy’s “Store to Door” program, in which if one store is out of an...
Victor Ho, the CEO of 3-year-old loyalty firm FiveStars, has become a veteran of the capital-raising game as he has built his firm to support more than 5,500 merchants and about 4 million cardholding shoppers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
North American Bancard CEO Marc Gardner is not a big fan of shopping at large national retailers, saying that he much prefers a local boutique where personalized customer service is a much higher priority. The problem is that when he looks at his PayPal mobile...
The Apple Pay bandwagon will have to make room for one more as Capital One has rolled out a new mobile wallet app for cardholders that is Apple Pay compatible. The app is intended to offer users a clear look at their Apple Pay transactions, in addition to...
Alibaba and Tencent are engaged in a struggle to control the internet, both in China and possibly worldwide. Their latest battlefield will apparently be financial services, as each have won approvals from Chinese authorities to set up privately owned banks. Get the Full Story Complete...
