Samsung Pay Making Its Mark
Nearly a year after the launch of Apple Pay, Samsung unveiled Samsung Pay, their mobile payment solution. That was in 2015. How is Samsung Pay faring so far in 2017 and what does the future hold, anyway? According to an announcement made by Nana Murugesan, Samsung America’s Vice President and General Manager of Services and […]
Mobile Point Of Sale Systems Served Up In Restaurants
Small business owners typically open their shops and stores because they’re passionate about what they do and want to do it better than anyone else. The only problem is that sometimes they don’t have the knowledge, know-how, or time to stay on top of technological advancements to improve their business processes. Restaurant owners are no […]
Diminishing Returns? Not Really When It Comes To Online Holiday Orders
Now that the busy holiday shopping season is officially over, ecommerce retailers can relax, right? Not so fast. As a record number of purchases were made online this past holiday, likewise, post-holiday returns are expected to reach unprecedented levels. Shipping carrier giant, United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), is gearing up for an influx of after-holiday […]
Payment Industry Predictions for 2017
Now that 2016 is in the rearview mirror, it’s time to take a look at 2017. What does the future hold for the payments industry? CardNotPresent.com asked several merchants and service providers in the card not present (CNP) space to examine the current environment and comment on what they think is likely to happen in […]
The State of Cross-Border Commerce
As first noted on PYMNTS.com, the recent Q4 X-Border Payments Optimization Index showed that in 2016, American merchants beat the rest of the world once again. Reporting a high score of 67.8. U.S. merchants came in first with China (66) and the U.K. (65) rounding out the top three. The global average was 58. According […]
Are Biometrics Ready For The Big Time?
Furthering the security discussion when it comes to authenticating identity, especially in the online world, biometrics have emerged as the latest measure for protecting and safeguarding privacy. Keeping sensitive information about someone, including passwords and valuable data like credit card numbers private is of the utmost importance to card issuers, banks, and consumers alike. According […]
The Death of Desktops? Not So Fast
With so much focus on smart phones recently, merchants are making shopping easier than ever for consumers with mobile devices. But whatever happened to the good old PC? Is online shopping using these archaic machines a thing of the past? Believe it or not, hardware is not dead, at least when it comes to clicking […]
Moving With The Mobile Payments Industry
The world of mobile online payments is exponentially expanding with every purchase made from a smartphone. These purchases are increasingly popular due to the emergence of digital wallets well as websites that are easy to navigate and cater to such purchases. With mobile online payments, convenience is a virtue and it’s drawing consumers to spend […]
Mobile Money: What’s in Your (Digital) Wallet?
What if digital wallets made up the majority of the way we pay for things? What if credit cards and even cash were a thing of the past and even non-existent? As outlandish as these ideas may sound, they’re not far from eventual reality, as industry polls and surveys confirm. A recent article in The […]
Sales Moving Toward Self-Serve
There has been a noticeable trend in the retail world of late. Automation has taken hold of the industry and, more specifically, self-serve has emerged as a leading business model. The biggest name in the self-serve game is Amazon, who recently unveiled their Amazon Go grocery store. Amazon Go is essentially a brick-and-mortar store concept […]