The SBA has stopped lending, but not for lack of demand. It seems big banks may be ready to take up some of the slack. What does that mean for alternative lending platforms?
Wanna know how many Apple Pay users there are? Of course you do. And we did the math. Tim Cook dropped a few breadcrumbs that we picked up before strapping on our green eyeshades and heading to the math cave to crunch some numbers. So,...
It seems like every time bitcoin takes a step forward in shaking off its somewhat nefarious roots, someone pops up to ruin it. In this case, there’s actually two someones. The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this week (July 21) that it had charged two Florida men, Anthony...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”148787″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The PYMNTS.com Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Oberthur, sets the agenda for identifying and authenticating identities in a digital world. It’s designed to frame and address the concerns of any company trying to efficiently and securely identify and grant permission...
The third week in July showed investment activity wilting a bit (was it the heat?) with only a few $100M deals. (My, aren’t we spoiled...) Unless you’re Ethoca – that managed to snag $45M to speed fraud detection and prevention. PYMNTS talked to Ethoca’s CEO...
Consumers will spend $1.8T shopping on their phones in the next two years? The quarterly Vantiv OmniReadi Index debuts today with an in-depth, quantitative assessment that suggests that most merchants don’t seem all that ready to cash in. With an average score of 64 out...
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”153864″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_self” css_animation=”” img_size=”full”][vc_custom_heading text=”MOBILE COMMERCE BY THE NUMBERS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700″][vc_separator color=”grey” align=”align_center” style=”” border_width=”” el_width=””][vc_single_image image=”153866″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d” border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_self” css_animation=”” img_size=”full”][vc_column_text css_animation=””] Source: Mobile Ecosystem Forum: Global Mobile Money Report, 2015 [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=””]...
Is the (loyalty) juice worth the squeeze? That’s how consumers are sizing up the loyalty benefits offered by retailers – benefits they expect to “wow” them across every channel they use. So, how far are merchants willing to bend their business models in pursuit of...
What do Greece and Latin America have in common? They keep showing up in headlines about bitcoin. In fact, an International Business Times article yesterday titled “What Greece can learn from bitcoin adoption in Latin America” digs into the question that many have been asking for weeks: Can bitcoin help...