Alibaba Rides Chinese Consumer Wave In 3Q - http://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2017/alibaba-rides-chinese-consumer-wave-in-3q/ Number of US data breaches jumps 40% in 2016 - https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/30014/number-of-us-data-breaches-jumps-40-in-2016?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed Amazon Wades Deeper Into Paid Search And Ecommerce Marketing - https://adexchanger.com/ad-exchange-news/eye-google-amazon-wades-deeper-paid-search-ecommerce-marketing/ With Millennials Picking Cash Over Cards, Cash Gains Steam - http://www.pymnts.com/cash/2017/millennials-picking-cash-over-cards/ Wirecard’s Newest Service Enables Mobile Money Transfers from Migrants - http://paybefore.com/pay-world/wirecards-newest-service-enables-mobile-money-transfers-from-migrants/ The impact … Continue reading News Update
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Amazon Is Bringing Its Popular Dash Button Online - http://fortune.com/2017/01/20/amazon-dash-button/ ASOS partners with Klarna to launch pay after delivery in the Nordics - http://www.thepaypers.com/online-payments/asos-partners-with-klarna-to-launch-pay-after-delivery-in-the-nordics/767707-3 Alibaba launches partnership with Samsung, Mars, Louis Vuitton to prevent counterfeit goods - http://www.thepaypers.com/ecommerce/alibaba-launches-partnership-with-samsung-mars-louis-vuitton-to-prevent-counterfeit-goods/767706-25 International Post Corporation: Amazon, eBay, Alibaba make up two-thirds of global ecommerce - https://www.ipc.be/en/newsroom/press_releases/three-e-retailers-account-for-two-thirds-of-cross-border-purchases ANZ’s Card Replacement … Continue reading News Update
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Cardtronics Makes More Surcharge-Free ATMs Available For Citibank - http://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2017/cardtronics-makes-more-surcharge-free-atms-available-for-citibank/ Online Used Goods Marketplace Letgo Raises $175M - http://www.pymnts.com/news/ecommerce/2017/online-used-goods-marketplace-letgo-raises-175m-in-huge-venture-capital-round/ Third of global consumers open to Google, Amazon banking: survey - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wealth-financialservices-survey-idUSKBN14V2I2 Keynote speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the French Payments Committee conference on “Technological innovations in payments … Continue reading News update
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Amazon wants FCC approval to test mysterious wireless communications system - http://www.geekwire.com/2017/amazon-wants-fcc-approval-test-mysterious-wireless-communications-system/ Remitly Now Operating In All 50 States - http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogeraitken/2017/01/14/remitly-shaking-up-billion-dollar-digital-remittances-market-adds-massachusetts-to-network/#6033146c404e Ingenico embeds payments into messaging bots - https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/67638/ingenico-embeds-payments-into-messaging-bots?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=finextrafeed Tapping Into 120 Million Traveling Wallets - http://www.pymnts.com/news/payment-methods/2017/alipay-120-million-travel-digital-wallets/ Google prepares for payments through Google Assistant in latest beta update - https://9to5google.com/2017/01/16/google-assistant-prepares-for-payments/ UK Contactless Card Payments Surge … Continue reading News Update
News Analysis -1/7 – 1/14
India Digital Payments enablement in India: India’s Goal to get rid of Credit Cards by 2020 through government’s (Bharat Interface for Money) BHIM app Indian government launched a new mobile app in December (BHIM), enables bank to bank transfer (P2M and P2P) P2P and P2M transfers enabled through either QR code scanning, typing in the … Continue reading News Analysis -1/7 – 1/14
News Update – Jan 11, 2017
CB Insights and PWC Moneytree 2016 VC Report - https://www.cbinsights.com/reports/MoneyTree-Q4-2016.pdf PayPal Acceptance Deals Continue with Discover Pact - http://paybefore.com/retail/paypal-acceptance-deals-continue-with-discover-pact/ - Discover and PayPal have reached a deal that will expand PayPal’s POS presence while making Discover a more visible payment option within the PayPal mobile wallet. Under terms of the pact, PayPal will gain access to … Continue reading News Update – Jan 11, 2017
News Update 1/9/17
Digital Payments and Retail Score Another Christmas Victory - http://paybefore.com/retail/digital-payments-and-retail-score-another-christmas-victory/ Alexa goes mobile on Huawei Smartphone - http://www.pymnts.com/amazon/2017/alexa-pops-up-at-ces-on-competitors-device/ ING to roll out tap-and-pay charity donation boxes - https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/29956/ing-to-roll-out-tap-and-pay-charity-donation-boxes
News Update – Jan 6, 2017
Here are the interesting articles I read today: Buy Button performance (PayPal has 68% of top 100 online merchants while Amazon has 10% and Visa only has 4.1%) - http://www.pymnts.com/news/ecommerce/2017/the-big-buy-button-story-winners-losers-and-whats-next/ SBI to launch its own version of digital only bank soon -http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/sbi-to-launch-its-own-version-of-digital-only-bank-soon/articleshow/56367231.cms Visa + Honda Show In-Vehicle Payments - http://www.pymnts.com/innovation/2017/visa-honda-show-in-vehicle-payments/ U.S. job growth slows, but … Continue reading News Update – Jan 6, 2017
News Update – Jan 5, 2017
Here are the interesting articles I read today: Fulfillment By Amazon Delivered Over 2 Billion Items - http://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-commerce/2017/fulfillment-by-amazon-delivered-over-2-billion-items/ The Mobile Card Reader Market Set To Grow At CAGR Of Close To 54 Percent - http://www.pymnts.com/mobile/2016/technavio-the-mobile-card-reader-market-set-to-grow-at-cagr-of-close-to-54-percent/ The global mobile wallet market to grow at a CAGR of 35.5% during the period 2017-2021. - http://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-payments/2017/global-mobile-wallet-market-double-digit-growth-2021-contactless-payments-mobile-pay/ Starbucks will … Continue reading News Update – Jan 5, 2017
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