International

Why The APAC Region Is Mobile Shopping Hotbed
October 02, 2015

The Asia-Pacific region is turning out to be marked by strong mobile usage, especially in paying bills over smartphones and other devices, leaving the desktop behind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Europe
Oberthur To Guide Allstar’s EMV Conversion
September 30, 2015

Allstar — the United Kingdom’s leading fuel card provider — is moving from the mag stripe to EMV and has chosen Oberthur Technologies (OT) to support that migration. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Airbnb’s Bookings Slated To Double To 80M
September 30, 2015

Airbnb processed around 40 million reservations in 2014, but that’s nowhere near enough for 2015. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Klarna Lands Amex Deal
September 30, 2015

Klarna, the largest of Europe’s online “buy now” companies, said Tuesday (Sept. 29) that it has added one of the marquee names of payments to its roster: American Express. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

As India Grows Mobile, eCommerce And B2B To Thrive
September 30, 2015

A recent JV between Apollo and Lycos shone the spotlight on India’s burgeoning eCommerce industry. PYMNTS spoke with Apollo to get a sense of the challenges and rewards, spanning front end to logistics, of bringing businesses into India and into the 21st century

International
E-Complish Gives Loyal Partners Free MobilePay Service
September 29, 2015

Payments solution provider E-Complish has said it will offer its partner base that has been with the company for at least three years free access to MobilePay, its Web-based payment solutions service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

International
Why Alibaba Is Doubling Down On India’s Paytm
September 29, 2015

Alibaba and Ant Financial — the eCommerce firm’s financial services affiliate — have moved to make a second big buy into Paytm, an India-based mobile payments and eCommerce firm. This follows an undisclosed investment by Alibaba and Ant in Paytm earlier this year — funding...

ACI Worldwide Expands Role In Driving Real-Time Payments Standards
September 28, 2015

ACI Worldwide announced today (Sept. 28) it has expanded its global role in driving faster payments initiatives across Europe and the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

B2B Payments
First Data Moves Forward, Groupon Retreats and Consumers Stand Still
September 28, 2015

If it wasn’t the Pope, Brian Williams or John Boehner – odds are it didn’t get much in the way of news coverage last week. You might have heard that the Square IPO is happening – for real this time – in about two weeks....