August 16, 2013
Walmart Debuts Amazon-Like Device Buyback Gift Card Program
Major U.S. retail giant Walmart unveiled “Gadgets to Gift Cards” on August 15, a new program that asks customers to provide the company with used smartphones and tablets in exchange...
August 14, 2013
PYMNTS Summer School Recap: Day Three
Welcome to our PYMNTS Summer School 2013 Recaps – a series designed to bring our readers everything they need to know from the faculty, fellows and forward-thinking innovators we’ve assembled...
August 13, 2013
PYMNTS Summer School Recap: Day Two
Welcome to our PYMNTS Summer School 2013 Recaps – a series designed to bring our readers everything they need to know from the faculty, fellows and forward-thinking innovators we’ve assembled at...
August 02, 2013
Walmart Adds Mobile Coupons To Scan & Go
Major international retailer Walmart has updated its in-store Scan & Go program and mobile app, Mobile Commerce Daily reported on August 2. Scan & Go now gives customers the ability...
July 31, 2013
Today’s Briefs: August
Briefs from August 23, 2013 Uber Rakes In $360M In Latest FundingSan Francisco-based mobile taxi app provider Uber has raised $361 million as part of its latest private equity round,...
July 30, 2013
MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson to Deliver Opening Keynote at PYMNTS...
We are thrilled to announce that Dekkers Davidson has chosen PYMNTS Summer School – August 12-14 – as the platform for his first address as CEO of MCX: a nationwide collaboration of leading mobile commerce retailers...
July 24, 2013
@WalmartLabs Acquires Torbit In eCommerce Bid
Global retail giant Walmart’s eCommerce innovation arm, @WalmartLabs, purchased website acceleration firm Torbit on July 24 for an undisclosed sum, Internet Retailer reported. “With Torbit’s Site Optimization technology, we will...
July 18, 2013
PayPal’s Quadrillion-Dollar Error And Bitcoin’s Strangest Bet
Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which...
July 14, 2013
Walmart Exec To Talk Innovation At PYMNTS Summer School
Walmart’s Head of Financial Services Daniel Eckert will take PYMNTS Summer School Fellows through the fine points of nailing for payments what has become as elusive as finding the holy...
