| Whole Foods suffers card breach, Jet.com jumps into private label, Square takes $25M stake in Eventbrite. | | | Call Centers: Batten Down The Account Takeover Hatches
The Equifax breach was bad enough â but IntraNext CEO Patrick Brown told Karen Webster that one of the biggest areas of vulnerability the fraudsters are looking to exploit with their newfound data is the call center. Brown explains why â and then offers his thoughts on how technology can equip call center agents with better ways to authenticate consumers and protect their sensitive card data. Read More... |
| Unlocking The Power Of VR With Payments
VR has moved from a gaming niche to something that retail brands believe is a piece of retailâs reinvention. But for VR to become a commerce catalyst â Mastercardâs SVP of commerce for every device, Kiki Del Valle, told PYMNTS in an interview â itâs going to need a payments solution that is as seamless as the one a shopper enjoys in real life. Hereâs what that might look like.
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| Why Alcohol Delivery Is Harder Than It Looks
Delivering alcohol is everyoneâs next big thing in the blurring of the online and offline worlds. But Bill Simon, Walmartâs former CEO, recently joined the Drizly board, and says that going from pop open an app and pop open a beer at home is mired with complex state laws and regulations that makes it harder than most any other online business. And harder for even the biggest players in the space, including Amazon, to navigate. Hereâs why. Read More... |
| | PYMNTS Intelligence of Things Tracker™ | | NEW REPORT: With The Fitbit Ionic, Can Contactless Payments Become The Latest Workout Craze?
âNo pain, no gainâ is, of course, a motivating mantra for fitness. In turn, by gaining contactless payment tech, can fitness tracking devices eliminate certain checkout pains? In the latest PYMNTS Intelligence of Things Trackerâ¢, Lindsay Cook, Fitbitâs head of devices, discusses the payment capabilities available on the companyâs soon-to-release Ionic smartwatch and how the tech could open opportunities for mobile wallet adoption. Plus, the latest IoT news and trends and rankings of over 200 providers, including 10 new additions, inside the Tracker. Read More... |
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