February 29, 2012
WorldPay Offers Access to China eCommerce
WorldPay became the first acquirer to offer U.S. and European merchants access to e-commerce opportunities in China, a company release issued this week explained. WorldPay is able to connect merchants...
February 29, 2012
CyberSource Survey Shows Merchants Lost $3.4B to Fraud
Fraudsters took a roughly 1-percent-sized piece of the eCommerce pie in 2011, stealing $3.4 billion from online merchants. It’s all the more reason to listen to Karen Webster’s conversation with...
February 28, 2012
SoundOff: Facebook Commerce
PYMNTS.com’s “SoundOff” is the industry’s views on key topics, according to some of its key players. This week’s chatter is all about Facebook commerce… success or failure? You decide! Facebook...
February 28, 2012
Facebook Commerce: From F to Phi Beta Kappa
The web was buzzing last week with the news of Facebook’s failing grade for generating sales for merchants on its social platform. The case examples cited were J.C. Penney, Gamestop...
February 27, 2012
Online Shopping Could Reach $327 Billion by 2016
Online spending is expected to grow by more than 10% annually each year for the next five years, a report published by ForresterResearch suggests. At that rate, Americans will be...
February 27, 2012
SoundOff: Facebook Commerce
PYMNTS.com’s “SoundOff” is the industry’s views on key topics, according to some of its key players. This week’s chatter is all about Facebook commerce… success or failure? You decide! Facebook...
February 27, 2012
Facebook Commerce: From F to Phi Beta Kappa
The web was buzzing last week with the news of Facebook’s failing grade for generating sales for merchants on its social platform. The case examples cited were J.C. Penney, Gamestop...
February 23, 2012
Four Retailers Report 30% Web Sales Gains
The list of retailers reporting over-the-year gains in web sales of roughly 30% this week has increased to four. Earlier this week, both Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Nordstrom Inc....
February 21, 2012
Nordstrom Will Spend $1 Billion to Upgrade eCommerce
According to its current five-year plan, Nordstrom will spend 30% of its $3.3 billion capital expenditure budget on upgrades to its e-commerce operations, representing roughly $1 billion in spending. Related:...
The U.S., U.K. and Europe are intensifying their efforts to develop and deploy the policies and infrastructure necessary to advance the use cases and real time payments volume of their domestic networks. This month’s “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores the progress and future developments of real-time payments across these regions.
Nearly half of consumers in Mexico shop in-store without using digital shopping features — but merchants hear their customers’ cries for a better experience and are planning to add many. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 33-page report, the “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: Mexico Edition,” commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, features eight charts that provide a blueprint for merchants in Mexico to increase customer satisfaction and drive revenue.