First Data's OfferWise streamlines offer redemption at the point of sale

February 28, 2012

First Data Corp. has announced the availability of its OfferWise solution, a new open platform that the company says simplifies the offer redemption process…

Study: Shoppers don't think m-commerce is secure

February 27, 2012

Only a limited number of shoppers are using mobile technologies to buy their goods, despite ongoing investments in a multi-channel approach from retailers…

MasterCard EMV announcement: The reality

by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies

In 2011, Visa announced a plan to introduce the Europay MasterCard Visa standard (EMV) to the US market, and to do so, they determined that they should…

ShopIgniter releases platform to secure Facebook purchases

February 24, 2012

ShopIgniter has launched a social commerce platform to help secure Facebook purchases. The suite includes tools and back-end integration to execute integrated…

Report predicts future of mobile commerce

February 24, 2012

More than half of the U.S. smartphone population used their phone to perform retail research while inside a store in 2011, illustrating the emergence of savvy…

Heal's launches mobile site

February 20, 2012

Heal's, a contemporary furniture, lighting and home accessories retailer, has launched a mobile-optimized website allowing customers to search, browse and make…

E-commerce shoppers have mobile security worries

February 20, 2012

About 60 percent of smartphone users believe that their security could be compromised if they use it for e-commerce transactions, according to Affinion…

PayPal responds to Visa exec's remarks

February 17, 2012

A day after a Visa exec publicly questioned the security of PayPal's new offline product, PayPal said its cloud-based payments offer more security than credit…

Australian retailer taking 'window shopping' to next level

February 16, 2012

Australian multichannel fashion brand Sportsgirl is unveiling a 24/7 shopping experience with a "window shop," that allows customers to purchase products…

Visa's product chief criticizes PayPal's new offline offering

February 16, 2012

As the mobile payment competition heats up, so does the rhetoric. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jim McCarthy, Visa's global head of product, criticized…

Billing Revolution becomes Buck, announces single-click mobile checkout

February 15, 2012

Mobile payment platform provider Billing Revolution is changing its name and working with some new high-profile partners. The payment start-up announced it has…

Udi's Food using ShelfX self-checkout

February 13, 2012

ShelfX, a provider of a self-checkout and inventory management solution, announced today that Udi's Food will integrate the system to shorten customer…

OfficeMax second retailer to pilot PayPal's in-store solution

February 13, 2012

PayPal is testing it's point-of-sale system in Office Depot Inc. stores. This is the second high-profile retailer known to be working with PayPal on perfecting…

Virtual Piggy gives kids an m-payment app of their own

February 9, 2012

Mobile payments are about to get kid-friendly. Virtual Piggy, Inc. announced it has released a new mobile iOS application that will let parents and kids manage…

Webinar provides simple overview of the complexities of EMV

February 8, 2012

Retail Customer Experience recently hosted the webinar "EMV is coming to the U.S. ...are you ready?" The live event, sponsored by Cryptera, is now available…

Digital receipts help small retailer build loyalty

February 7, 2012

Loyal Army Clothing, a small business in San Francisco,  is using digital receipts technology from Proximiant to build tighter relationships with customers…

PayPal's showroom displays its vision for payments

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

The company's New York store offers retailers a glimpse of its offline strategy.

Shopkick drives more than $110 m for retail, brand partners in 2011

January 31, 2012

Shopkick, the location-based shopping app that rewards shoppers for walking into stores and interacting with products, recently announced that it helped drive…

Review: LightSpeed focuses on retailer's experience to improve the customer's experience

Mac-based POS offers desktop, laptop, web, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad functionality out-of-the-box.

Consumers receive mixed messages on payment choice

January 25, 2012

Recent debit card regulations have transformed market incentives for payments, creating a confusing environment for consumers, according to a press release…