FLEXE Takes On Amazon | Fidelity Springs $65M For Spring App | Retail Worries Wall Street

It only takes 127.6 seconds for a consumer to initiate a subscription, so what’s getting in the way of more merchants onboarding more subscribers? The inaugural PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Conversion Index™, a Recurly collaboration, presents more than 2000 data points across 176 subscription commerce merchants in nine different categories to benchmark what it takes to deliver an experience that keeps customers engaged. This first issue also features an interview with Trunk Club CMO Linda Bartman who describes what it takes to find a groove in a market inundated with subscription box services. Read More...

New research indicates that identity fraud grew in a big way in 2016 and that consumer confidence in institutions and the safety of their data decreased as a result. Elsewhere, one million Gmail users fell victim to a phishing scam and some good news (for a change) on the topic of ATM skimming. Read More...

The Auto Industry Revs Its Blockchain Engine

With cars becoming increasingly connected, security concerns are on the rise. In today's Blockchain Tracker, we explore the current state of blockchain use in the automotive industry and where it may be headed in the future. Read More...