Commerce is going universal. As online, mobile and physical shopping increasingly mesh together, merchants are seizing their chance to deliver a holistic customer experience via multiple channels and mobile devices. One way to go about this strategy is by taking advantage of hyper-local commerce, according...
Not everyone thinks the eBay-PayPal no-fault divorce is the greatest thing to happen to the exchange of goods and services since the replacement of the barter system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Western Union is now allowing customers of Walgreens to transfer money domestically through a new Western Union stage-and-pay kiosk model. The kiosks will use the the Walgreens Balance Financial platform. Starting now, customers can send or receive money at almost 8,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations...
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Non-cash payments ticked up 10 percent in 2013 to 366 billion transactions, pulled along by intense growth in developing markets. According to RBS data, nearly a quarter of all global non-cash transaction growth–that’s about 93 billion transactions–happened in those developing markets. China remains less developed...
Dwolla hit the market with a simple enough goal: build a scalable, global payment network capable of taking on national automated clearing houses and card schemes. The goal is and was to create an easy and low cost way to move money. With $9.7 million...
The PayPal/EBay separation is a story of contradictions. eBay says that the fast pace of the payments space—and the huge recent changes (Apple Pay and Alibaba’s IPO)—require a move right away: So they’re saying that they will separate by the end of 2015. Get the...
The Whole Foods grocery chain is trialing a one-hour mobile delivery program, where shoppers place their orders on a smartphone, in 15 cities in the U.S.. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Wanting to keep its most critical pilots near its headquarters in Bentonville, the world’s largest retail chain this began filling same-day Internet grocery purchases at a drive-thru facility in Bentonville on Tuesday (Sept. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
