They made it too easy. That’s what a federal judge has decided Amazon did, making it too simple for children to purchase and rack up in-app charges without their parents’ permission. Six months after finding Amazon to be liable in the case brought to court by...
The best way to reach a holiday shopper might just be through their smartphone. That’s why marketers will be leveraging mobile in their holiday shopping strategies this year, with new and creative strategies that focus more on omnichannel solutions and less on generic mobile coupons....
mVisa’s new mobile pay service is enabling 60 million more consumers to make digital payments on their mobile devices through a rollout on the Visa Developer Platform. Visa, Micromax and Transerv announced on Tuesday (Nov. 8) that the service will be launched for all Udio mobile...
Google is reportedly enabling customers in India to pay directly from their bank account when using the Google Play Store. According to a report, the feature, which has reportedly been added in the past day, is supported by a number of banks in India. Previously,...
Walmart and Chase are becoming payments BFFs. In late September, the two firms announced that Walmart and Sam’s Club would flip its processing business to Chase via ChaseNet. You’ll recall that Chase and Visa negotiated a pretty sweet deal about three years ago that basically...
For the first time ever, internet usage on mobile and tablet devices surpassed desktops on a worldwide basis in October, according to web analytics company StatCounter. In a press release, StatCounter’s research arm, StatCounter Global Stats, found mobile and tablet devices accounted for 51.3 percent of internet...
The global mCommerce market is estimated to register robust growth from 2016 to 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.1 percent that period, according to a new report from Research and Markets dubbed “Global M Commerce Market Insights, Opportunity Analysis, Market...
Marqeta, the open API issuer processor platform, announced Thursday (Oct. 27) that, in November, developers will be able to use network tokenization technology to offer Apple Pay users even more ways to pay. In a press release, the company said, currently, to add a Marqeta-supported card to Apple...
Halloween is not quite here yet, but the holiday season predictions are already rolling on in. And PayPal has officially thrown its hat into the ring. “There have never been more options for Americans to shop in a way that works for them, and those...
