December 26, 2017
The Wild Ride In Alternative Financing In 2017
A decade ago, the world of financial services saw what was perhaps its greatest sea change in a generation — in 2007, two separate, unconnected and epoch-making things happened at...
December 26, 2017
How DoorDash’s Delivery Platform Changes How And Where People Pay
Order-ahead is fast winning consumer’s hearts, so much so that grocery stores and airports want in on the action, too. In the December PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™, Door Dash’s Abhay...
December 22, 2017
Sizzle Fizzle: Electric Cars Sizzle, Toys”R”Us Fizzles And The Speaker...
Sizzle of The Week: The Speaker Wars As the clock runs down toward Christmas, there are two less than totally serious “wars” one could choose to focus on. The first...
December 22, 2017
Analysts Say Alexa Will Boost Commerce Sales By $10B
Amazon’s revenue should get a boost thanks to its Alexa voice-activated devices. That’s according to RBC Capital Markets, which, according to CNBC, reaffirmed its outperform rating on the eCommerce leader....
December 22, 2017
TRENDING: Order-Ahead Expands To Airports and Virtual Restaurants
Consumers want what they want, when they want it. But when it comes to ordering meals, there’s a sense of urgency that outpaces everything else. Enter mobile order-ahead services....
December 21, 2017
Didi Chuxing Snaps Up $4 Billion To Expand Globally
China’s top ridesharing company, Didi Chuxing, has raised $4 billion in new capital as it aims to begin the next phase of its corporate life. This latest round adds to the...
December 21, 2017
The Frightful Five: Echo And Alexa Are A Power Couple
Amazon’s Alexa just learned her 25,000th skill, and the Echo started a price war among voice-activated smart home speakers. How did Google respond (and how did Apple not)? On top of...
December 21, 2017
X-Ray Data Vision: How Being On Top Of Fraud Drives...
Consumer-bank monogamy is a thing of the past. With the proliferation of third-party mobile apps, eWallets and proprietary “Pays,” this is hardly news. While very few customers are managing their...
December 21, 2017
Why ISV Partnerships Loom Large In 2018
Technology has its wow factor. But for independent software vendors (ISVs) and merchants — as with all stakeholders in payments — adoption is key beyond the bells and whistles of...
