October 24, 2016
How Visa And Intel Are Creating Better Security For The...

While hacks have been nearly endemic over the last several years, they have, at this point, mostly faded to the level of background noise for the average consumer. Sure, the...

October 14, 2016
Will Members-Only Bed Bath & Beyond Be Able To Compete...

Coupons — the old-school kind made out of paper — are pretty much a vestige of 20th century commerce that are waiting patiently to die out with their users. This...

October 13, 2016
The Haves And Have-Nots Of Predictive Marketing

Predictive marketing — using information from customer data, like purchase history, to determine a pattern and predict future outcomes — was once only available to the largest retailers. But now, thanks...

October 12, 2016
Amazon Prime Wants To Be The Thing Students Can’t Live...

Think of all the technological things we now can’t remember ever not having. Smartphones. Google. Uber. Netflix. How about Amazon Prime? That’s the goal for Amazon, to make the service...

October 06, 2016
Payoneer Lands Funding From Technology Crossover Ventures

Payoneer, a FinTech company based in the U.S., has raised $180 million in a Series E round of venture funding. According to a report, the startup, which helps facilitate cross-border...

October 05, 2016
Google’s Pixel Event: The Good, The Bad And The Weird

Whatever else one can say about the slew of products Google set loose yesterday at its big event in San Francisco — no one will ever say that Google did not...

September 30, 2016
Amex Sizzles, Big Banks Fizzle And Indian eCommerce Lives Up...

Fall has arrived in Boston and we are sizzling. The Red Sox clinched the AL East and the Pats are 3-0 — even with a third string QB. Not that...

September 29, 2016
Where Amazon Treads, Stocks Tremble

Beware the Amazon Effect, where competitors’ stocks slide on the merest hint that Amazon wants a piece of their pie. Unless you’re a short seller — or in stocks for...

September 23, 2016
Square Launches “Card On File” Payments For In Store Purchases

While keeping customer email addresses is fairly common practice, Square wants to help its partners do that service one better by allowing customers who frequent the place to pay with...