| SMBs Ask Whatâs In It For Me?
Nearly six months post liability shift, the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Indexâ¢, powered by Sage, finds that while 39 percent of SMBs have implemented EMV, the majority of those who havenât yet still donât feel inspired. Weâll tell you why. Read More... |
| Security Fails, Amazon Takes A Selfie, And Visa Checkout 'Swipes'
While security fails are never a pleasant topic to cover, there were a lot of them last week. A Central Bank, The NY Fed, Amex and Android all felt the cybersecurity burn last week. Still, it wasnât all doom and gloom â Amazon put its best âfaceâ forward, as did Visa with Visa Checkout. So what went very, very wrong â and what went right? You know where to look.
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| Garçon, Bring Me A Beacon!
Technology is reinventing retail, but suppose a few beacons could substitute for waiters in restaurants? In Japan, theyâre actually giving it a try. Without letting customer service take a nosedive in the process. Read More... |
| | Mobile Wallets | | UKâs Lessons For US Mobile Payments Adoption
Consumers and retailers in the U.S. must not get it. Clearly, those in the U.K., Australia and Canada do. So is the U.S. just a market of total Luddites? MPD CEO Karen Webster takes the latest Apple Pay adoption stats â which show usage way, way down â and dives into why contactless payments are such a consumer favorite in those markets. She contends that the reasons why contactless is so successful there is precisely why it will continue to slog along in the U.S. And why getting U.K., Australian and Canadian consumers to move from contactless cards to mobile wallets might not be a slam dunk either. Read More... |
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