News

Consumers Want More From Mobile Payments
July 08, 2014

A new survey of 15k consumers in 15 global markets revealed just how high consumer expectations are when it comes to using their mobile phones to shop and pay. Sure they want the experience to secure, but that’s not the key driver. So, what is?

International
Busy Summer Travel Season Portends Well For Card Companies And Retailers
July 08, 2014

Summer has finally arrived and Americans apparently are united in their desire to get away from home. According to a recently released report by American Express, 75 percent of Americans are planning to travel this summer, and they plan to spend 10 percent more on average and...

B2B Payments
Dutch B2G E-Invoicing Gets New Leading Firm
July 08, 2014

As of July 1, 2014, TIE Kinetix took over the e-invoicing portal for the Netherlands. Previously, public authority Logius managed the portal. According to an E-Invoicing Platform article, the transfer happened because the government obtained its initial ambition, which was to lower the threshold to start sending...

News
Mobile Pushes Traditional British Banks To The Edge
July 08, 2014

British consumers are adopting mobile banking at an incredibly rapid rate, according to the second edition of the “Way We Bank Now” survey – a joint production of the British banking lobby group and Ernst & Young – reports Finextra. Mobile and Internet banking is now used...

B2B Payments
New Mobile App Set To Benefit Fleet Industry
July 08, 2014

Pegasus TransTech announced earlier this week that it had launched a new smartphone app that will help fleets streamline their daily processes. Called Transflo Mobile+, the app lets fleet drivers accept loads, update trip statuses, report accidents and claims, receive and send messages to their...

Financial Inclusion
Why Are Retail Stocks Attracting Investor Interest?
July 08, 2014

It’s been a brutal 2014 for those holding stock in retail. According to CNBC, some of the worst performing stocks on the market right now are in retail.  Coach leads the underperforming pack, down 39 percent from last year, while Amazon, Whole Foods, Best Buy...

B2B Payments
Uber For Truck Drivers
July 08, 2014

Uber, the ride-sharing platform that has disrupted the taxi industry, has inspired a thousand new business ideas and the ambition to “Uber-ize” just about everything. Cargomatic has latched onto this idea and raised $2.6 million to do exactly that for, of all industries, trucking. They...

Merchant Innovation
eBay-Argos Click-Collect Partnership Moves On To Phase Two
July 08, 2014

U.K. eBay customers will now have more options for how they receive their goods from the online marketplace as the company has announced an expansion of the “Click and Collect” program it runs in partnership with Argos store chain. Initially launched in 2013 with 50...

News
Isis To Rename Its Mobile Wallet
July 08, 2014

In the latest in a string of victories that includes most of the northern and western parts of Iraq, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria can add a new notch to its victory belt—they have won the name ISIS. Isis—the mobile wallet formed as...