Retail real estate developer Simon is moving to make mall-based shopping a little more technologically advanced with beacons. Simon has expanded its partnership with Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. to create “smart malls” in 200+ Simon retail locations using Bluetooth-enabled iBeacon technology. “The relevant and personalized mobile...
Call it the efficiency effect, but shoppers are making an increasingly large number of their purchases outside of physical stores—or at the very least, not making those purchases directly through those stores, such as going into a store to see an item and then purchasing...
Just when things were starting to look up for Blackberry, Apple has swooped in and disrupted it … again. Until now, things had been looking like a turnaround might be possible for Blackberry — its stock price was up 35 percent on the year as...
PayPal has updated it’s iOS app to version 5.5, and with that comes a new ability for users by providing an mWallet home for loyalty cards from a long list of selected retailers, emulating the Apple Passbook already installed in the phone. The new release...
Yesterday a curious phenomenon swept the nation--a sudden and overwhelming desire to be in a bar of the middle of the work day watching international soccer. In cities across the nation bars suddenly had more patrons than stools, leaving thousands of thirsty customers standing and...
Yesterday, ride-sharing start-up and fundraising juggernaut Uber announced a partnership with American Express that will allow Uber users who are also qualified cardholders enrolled in the Membership Rewards to earn points on the rides they take. Perhaps even better for Amex members, the service will also allow...
Apple’s WWDC showing sort of got PYMNTS people talking about Karen Webster’s piece on Apple’s potential mobile payments ambitions. So did reports that small merchants may be turning their backs on EMV for mobile and merchants taking the debit card fight to the Supremes (we...
Ever heard of a small merchant wanting to flip cash paying customers to cards? Well, that’s what happens, Womply says, when small merchants implement the Womply Merchant Insights Platform. So what’s up with that? MPD CEO Karen Webster got the chance to talk with Cory...
Apps are limiting business models, and the basic “pay to play” model has been challenged, according to recent analysis from Bango, a mobile payments solution for app stores such as Google Play, BlackBerry World, Windows Phone Store and Firefox Marketplace. The results shared exclusively with...
