March 23, 2011
Top Tweets from CTIA Wireless: Sprint, Samsung and More

CTIA WIRELSS, taking place this week in Orlando, is one of the premier conventions for the communications and technology industries. Not surprisingly, AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile has dominated discussion...

March 23, 2011
Google, Apple and NFC: The PYMNTS Community Weighs In

Last month, Google made headlines when it announced its plans for One Pass, a program to help publishers monetize content that’s quite similar to Apple’s own new subscription service.  Now,...

March 10, 2011
Square vs. VeriFone: Mobile Payments ‘Square’ Off In Security Showdown

What a day at the ole’ payments corral in the “square off” initiated by VeriFone’s CEO, Mr. Doug Bergeron. While people in our industry can be and should be very...

February 22, 2011
CFPB to be Located Across the Street from White House...

2/18/2011 WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that the future permanent headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be located at 1700 G Street, NW in...

February 15, 2011
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Mobile

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but the weeklong “Loves Me” or “Loves Me Not” series on PYMNTS.com is just beginning. The second stop for the Market Platform Dynamics team...

February 13, 2011
Group Buying: A Savior for Retailers or the Devil in...

What’s not to love about Groupon and LivingSocial? These sites and similar spinoffs will dole out discounts at top restaurant and retail venues in various communities across the country if...

February 09, 2011
Mobile at the Point of Commerce Convergence

Click here to download this article as a PDF. Editor’s Note   A number of very large and significant platform industries are converging on a common opportunity – to create...

January 27, 2011
Mobile Calendar: November

Mobile + GPS + Social = Commerce   Foursquare   Launched in 2003 – 5M users worldwide today   Social platform that has morphed to offer tips on businesses, merchant...

January 20, 2011
Defining the Future of Social Commerce in Retail

Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction   This article provides a look at social commerce – the intersection of social networks and consumers’ shopping processes –...