January 04, 2018
The Frightful Five: Amazon Slays, Apple Prays
December was a good month for Amazon. Really, 2017 was a good year for the eCommerce giant, and we’ve got the numbers to prove it. Apple took more of a...
January 04, 2018
Apple’s BatteryGate Replacement Could Hurt iPhone Sales
Apple’s move to offer replacement batteries for older iPhones at a discount could impact sales of its new iPhone 8 and iPhone X. According to a Reuters report, Barclays analyst...
January 04, 2018
Debit Card Scammer Steals $350K In Apple Products
A Sacramento man has pleaded guilty to stealing $350,000 worth of Apple devices from stores across the U.S. According to Cult of Mac, 33-year-old Marcus Israel Butler committed debit card...
January 04, 2018
Fiserv: Digital Wallet Adoption To Mirror Online Banking’s Path
Don’t ever say kids these days have no appreciation for technology. One day, Jon Rosner, vice president of Product Strategy, Card Services at Fiserv, took his 12-year-old daughter to Dunkin’...
January 03, 2018
Analyst Says iPhone X Estimates Are Inflated
Wall Street firm CLSA warned that, despite rumors of a recent correction to its first quarter numbers, Apple iPhone X volume expectations are likely still too high. According to news...
January 03, 2018
Amazon Wants To Build Digital Advertising Business For Alexa
Amazon’s Alexa voice-activated digital assistant is being turned into an advertising business for the eCommerce giant, with Amazon reportedly in talks with companies about running ads on its Echo devices....
January 02, 2018
In-App Spending Up 12.3 Percent On Christmas Day
Spending on in-app purchases jumped 12.3 percent on Monday (Dec. 25), with consumers around the globe spending money on in-app purchases, subscriptions and premium apps. That’s according to marketing intelligence...
January 02, 2018
Consumers Want Biometrics – How Will Payments Respond?
With the holiday shopping season behind us, most shoppers can probably say with confidence that the worst part of the whole experience was trying to remember passwords for the eCommerce...
January 01, 2018
All Sizzle, No Fizzle: Top Payments Topics Of 2017
Voice activation, artificial intelligence, alternative financing and IPOs: These were some of the year’s hottest topics in the payments industry – and for better or worse, they all underwent significant...
