PYMNTS
MARCH 5, 2016
In the early days of the smartphone, apps came upon consumers like tiny technological miracles sent from heaven to make their lives easier. “There’s an app for that” was more than a marketing pitch. For a short time, it became something of a lifestyle movement for consumers enamored of their one-tap access to everything. The love affair, however dizzying, was relatively short-lived as consumers began to realize two things simultaneously.
Katz,Sapper&Miller
MARCH 10, 2016
Jay Cunningham, a director in Katz, Sapper & Miller’s Litigation Services Group, will co-present a session at the Indianapolis Bar Association’s April 14 event, “Litigation Trial Skills Series: Selecting and Working with Expert Witnesses.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 7, 2016
While some Asian country economies may be slowing down, the health of the online retail markets across the continent is booming. According to a recent report from Forrester, as reported on by ZDNet , total eCommerce revenue for China, Japan, South Korea, India and Australia is projected to nearly double in the next five years, from $733 billion in 2014 to $1.4 trillion by 2020.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
While successfully onboarding customers is critical to many organizations, the process of finding and attaining these potential customers, along with the cost, isn’t always easy. The approval process itself can be prone to a variety of different friction points, but even with an efficient approach there is always the risk of unknowingly approving bad or fraudulent customers.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 7, 2016
Social media has a basic business model problem. It is good at drawing in eyeballs, but turning eyeballs into dollars isn’t always so easy — unless one has a truly unfathomable number of eyeballs to call a base (like Google or Facebook) so as to make advertising an extremely lucrative enterprise. Pinterest since its inception has found itself square in those cross-hairs — a popular place to hang out on the Web, and certainly the inspiration for many random acts of commerce — but one standa
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing. However, March seems to have brought some better news, including a seasonally appropriate thawing in investors’ view of Apple and a new run of encouraging news for Apple Pay, if a bit
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PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
Fox Business reported on Monday (March 7), citing sources at American Express, that Ken Chenault, chief executive officer of the payments giant, may be on the way out, amid simmering tensions with the board of directors. And there’s another shoe to drop in the form of a possible sale to a suitor that “would settle the succession issue,” while, at the same time, lifting a stock that has dropped by more than 25 percent in the past year.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
When Dos Equis debuted its “Most Interesting Man In The World” campaign in 2006, it stood in direct opposition to the prevailing trend in beer advertising. The use of humor was, of course, nothing new, but rather than featuring a protagonist similar in age to the targeted consumer group of the product — young adult males — the titular hero was a man well into his 60s, with the TV spots doling out his fictional (and patently absurd) exploits that occurred over a lifetime.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
At the intersection of payments and commerce in today’s digitally driven world, there’s an endless number of routes where technology and payments merge — including fashion. Or, as is the case of MasterCard’s latest collaboration with The New School’s Parsons School of Design, the global payments network is bringing together the worlds of payment technology and fashion in a joint-sponsored Fashion and Design Hack.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
As infamous bitcoin criminals like Ross Ulbricht have learned, it’s not impossible to get caught. And, as law enforcement has learned, the dark side of bitcoin has its perks. At least, when it comes to catching criminals. Criminals, for example, like the Czech national Thomas Jiikovský, who pled guilty to operating a $150 million Ponzi scheme in what is believed to be the first bitcoin securities fraud case.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 10, 2016
From a payments perspective, the world gets smaller each day, as borders are increasingly seen less as barriers and more as windows of opportunity for merchants and consumers. Granted, they are windows that may often have really complicated regulation latches – and, it seems, no two latches are the same. So, while cross-border commerce is bumpy, to say the least, the interest in traveling down oft-uncharted, unpaved roads (and oceans and skies, for that matter) and through these windows is clear
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
In recognition of International Women’s Day, Western Union is paying tribute to women around the globe who have acted as agents of economic change. And that starts with noting women’s role in moving money around the world in the global remittance market. Western Union’s stats note that women alone are projected to move $300.6 billion global remittances in 2016.
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
For anyone who has tried to check out online via a mobile device, the fact that friction abounds does not really come as much of a surprise. But one of the key takeaways from the latest edition of the PYMNTS.com Checkout Conversion Index (CCI) , a collaboration with BlueSnap, that should have come as a surprise, didn’t, at least to BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
In talking about global payment technology, emerging markets are an area of keen interest. Latin America is a land of opportunity, but it also presents challenges that demand an on-the-ground understanding of commerce and transacting within the various countries and cultures that it comprises. MPD CEO Karen Webster recently hosted a live digital discussion with Martin Schrimpff, Co-Founder of PayU , during which they addressed the necessity for a unique approach to payments in the region, and ho
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As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
The B2B payments services and technology sector is both shrinking and expanding. How? As more innovators and disruptors roll out their tools, companies are collaborating and consolidating in hopes of achieving streamlined, end-to-end solutions that meet the needs of both buyer and supplier. This type of teamwork enters the industry as questions begin to emerge about the sustainability of certain business models.
PYMNTS
MARCH 9, 2016
Whole Foods is going solar. Specifically, it’s going solar power , with Elon Musk-backed renewable energy company SolarCity having announced yesterday (March 8) that it is going to retrofit up to 100 of the high-end organic grocery chain’s locations throughout the U.S. with rooftop solar panels. In a press release, SolarCity expressed that the threefold goals of this implementation are increasing solar power production, offsetting some reliance on traditional grid power and helping s
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
It is apparently getting harder to get a gift card out there, as retailers are making it harder to buy them. Some have started requiring cash-only purchases of the cards, others have cut them down to smaller denominations, others have put limits on buying multiple cards and some have just dispensed with selling them altogether. Why? According to The Wall Street Journal , new credit card rules have put them on the hook for fraud.
PYMNTS
MARCH 7, 2016
Picture a brick-and-mortar store where three out of every four customers that gets in line to checkout soon after changes their mind, drops their products and walks out of the store. The scenario may be alarming for a merchant to comprehend, but Visa’s SVP of Digital Solutions Sam Shrauger said it’s a conversion reality many merchants face everyday for mobile checkout.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 10, 2016
When the first mobile dongle allowed small businesses to turn a smartphone or tablet into a fully functioning POS system, the playing field between big and local businesses got a little more even. Now that Lightspeed has another game-changing announcement, that balance of power may have shifted again. In an interview with VentureBeat , Lightspeed POS Chief Revenue Officer J.P.
PYMNTS
MARCH 10, 2016
When rumors of Google’s self-driving car first started circulating, the usual suspects came out of the woodwork to belittle the company for even trying such an idea. Fast forward to March 2016 and Alibaba seems to have taken Google’s lead despite the detractors. Quartz reported that Alibaba is set to unveil one of its most unique product launches yet: a connected smart car.
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
Cross-border payments companies depend on global connections to service their customers. One B2B payments firm, Payoneer, is working on building up its international reach and, this week, revealed the latest market to get looped into its network. Payoneer said Monday (March 7) that its B2B online payments services are now available to businesses in India.
PYMNTS
MARCH 7, 2016
It may feel unfair, but this week’s Data Digest uncovers some great news for big corporates and some bad news for the underdogs. For instance, Facebook has a new B2B venture that could boost its already flourishing ad profits even further. HP Enterprise surprised investors with better-than-expected earnings following the Hewlett-Packard division, and big banks still hold the vast majority of small business lending business in the U.S., according to the Federal Reserve.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
It’s hard to believe that taking the time to double-check spelling could have allowed unknown hackers to pull off a nearly $1 billion bank heist last month. Officials told Reuters that the spelling mistake put a stop to an online bank transfer instruction for the huge sum involving the central bank of Bangladesh and the New York Fed. However, the hackers were still able to get away with roughly $80 million, marking one of the largest known bank thefts in history.
PYMNTS
MARCH 10, 2016
While the world was celebrating the most recent International Women’s Day earlier this week, news out of one particular country showed just how significant of an impact females are having on online-to-offline (O2O) commerce. China Daily reports that, according to a new study from group-buying eCommerce website Baidu Nuomi , women in the country — despite accounting for a minority 46 percent of China’s overall Internet use — are responsible for 62 percent of revenue derived from O2O.
PYMNTS
MARCH 9, 2016
The tech giants in the P2P payments space are about to get competition from six top U.S. banks. Early Warning , a real-time payments, authentication and risk mitigation solutions provider, announced today (March 9) that Bank of America is now live in processing real-time P2P transactions through Early Warning’s clearXchange network. Bank of America announced their plans today, following in the footsteps of U.S.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
Secrecy is a funny thing for brands. A little mystery has often turned out to be a good idea. It keeps consumers interested, because a consumer that is always guessing about the next product release is, by necessity, always thinking about the brand. It is a delicate balance, of course. Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely.
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PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
Online lending has seen a bumper crop of companies sprout in the last several years as technology has enabled risk and underwriting models to become faster, decisions to be made more quickly and new options to emerge in small business financing. Specialized lenders come together with specialized end markets, and in the last several months, the franchise industry has also seen the creation of its own marketplace lender, ApplePie Capital.
PYMNTS
MARCH 9, 2016
The first few months have been less than wholly kind to the nation’s biggest names in retail. However, the news has not quite been completely negative. There have been a few surprise shows of strength — JCPenney and Abercrombie, we’re looking at you here — but, on the whole, the narrative has been pretty bleak. However, if the wheezing and seizing of the physical retail environment has had any kind of silver lining of late, it has been the yet-to-be-fully-tapped power of omnicommerce
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
Another major step in the Home Depot 2014 breach case has been settled. Home Depot has agreed to pay $13 million to the victims impacted by the data breach that resulted in payment card data being stolen from more than 50 million consumers. Home Depot also agreed to pay $6.5 million to provide ID protection services for the impacted cardholders, and also took steps to improve its security measures.
PYMNTS
MARCH 8, 2016
Is Burberry about to be taken over? Some investors sure seem to think so. Burberry Group PLC picked up 6 percent this morning as rumors spread that the more than century-and-a-half old British luxury firm might soon find itself on the receiving end of a takeover bid, or some activist investor affection. Shareholder disclosure recently turned up the surprising revelation that an undisclosed investor had briefly grabbed up more than 5 percent of shares in Burberry.
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"Offer payroll and do it yourself,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” Spoiler alert: It was not fun. Most CPA firms know that they need to offer payroll services to their clients or risk losing them to another firm that will. However, many don’t really want to. It is often time-consuming and complex due to changing tax laws and regulations, and with the growing staffing shortages, most just don’t have the resources.
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