December 06, 2017
The Road Race For Connected Car Commerce
The potential for commerce applications to be embedded in a car’s dashboard is great. Who hasn’t fantasized about owning a car that can be told to pay for its own gas at the...
December 05, 2017
Startups FitPay And NXT-ID Foray Into The Big Leagues With...
Today, startups FitPay and NXT-ID announced a partnership with Visa that will grow their joint platform’s international footprint in support of their recently-released payments product, Garmin Pay. Michael Orlando, NXT-ID COO...
December 04, 2017
Today In Data: Spontaneous Commerce, Shared Housing And Smart Decanters
The holidays are always filled with product releases (just in time for holiday shopping), plenty of innovations, a few bizarre products and end-of-year evaluations on company processes. Today in PYMNTS’...
December 04, 2017
Now Entering The Connected Device Arena: Jim Beam
Beam me up, Jimmy. Whiskey maker Jim Beam has entered the connected device arena with a smart decanter for its popular Kentucky-style bourbon whiskey. And it’s not just smart in...
December 04, 2017
Visa Names Jack Forestell As Interim McCarthy Replacement
Visa terminated Jim McCarthy, the EVP of innovation and strategic partnerships, on Friday (Dec. 1). According to the company, the cause for termination was reported to be behavior that violated company policy. McCarthy will be...
December 04, 2017
CVS Acquisition Of Aetna Seen As Foil To Amazon’s Move...
CVS is gearing up to announce a $69 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Aetna, in a move aimed at taking on Amazon, which is expected to enter the drug...
December 04, 2017
What Spontaneous Commerce Can Teach Online Retailers And Payment Providers
In January 1950, William Applebaum published a piece in the Journal of Marketing about the buying behaviors of consumers in retail stores. At the time, Applebaum was the director of Marketing...
December 04, 2017
Chinese App Developers Capture Quarter Of Global App Store Sales
Apple developers in China, which number 1.8 million, have earned a combined $16.93 billion and now account for about a quarter of total global App Store sales, said CEO Tim...
December 04, 2017
The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
On Dec. 5, 1872, 145 years ago tomorrow, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting aimlessly off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. It was drifting aimlessly because...
