| UTU Takes Loyalty Cross Border
Launching today is UTU â a brand new cross-border loyalty platform targeting tourists who want to shop like locals and locals who want to shop like tourists. A decade in the making, co-founder Asad Jumabhoy spoke with Karen Webster before the launch about how UTU brings innovation to the loyalty space. Read More... |
| New Tracker: mPOS Puts The Pedal To The Metal
Ever try to pay a pedicab driver? In the latest edition of the PYMNTS mPOS Tracker, we caught up with Ben Morris, founder at Coaster Pedicabs, to discuss how mPOS is making it easier for the bicycle transportation industry to rack up more rides. That plus the latest rankings of more than 200 of the biggest players await.
Read More... |
| Measuring The New Gig Economy
From food delivery to ridesharing, babysitting to dog walking, itâs hard to find a service today that isnât available âon-demand,â but the growing gig economy isnât without its challenges. Brent Warrington, CEO of Hyperwallet, joined Karen Webster to discuss the results of path breaking Gig Economy Index⢠and the role of payments in driving their growth. Read More... |
| | Mobile Apps | | To App or Not to App [In The Gas/C-Store Space]
If or when to app, perhaps is more the question. In a world in which consumers are downloading fewer apps, gas and C-store operators face a host of challenges when getting consumers on board the app express. Kristen Bailey, VP of consumer engagement at ZipLine, describes the ways in which C-stores are using apps to tip the scales of mobile payments adoption and consumer engagement â and what all mobile payments players can learn from them. Read More... |
|
