Retail

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  • Google Enables Payments Through Gmail to Garner Google Wallet Adoption
    By Jonathan Camhi | May 17, 2013
    With Google Wallet under-performing in the last couple years, Google is now integrating its wallet into Gmail to allow users to send money through the popular email service.
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  • Digital Marketing Solutions Stand Front and Center at Finovate Spring
    By Jonathan Camhi | May 15, 2013
    With more customers interacting with their financial institutions through the mobile and online channels, new marketing solutions targeting these digital customers emerge at Finovate Spring.
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  • Amazon Launches Digital Currency for Kindle Fire Customers
    By Jonathan Camhi | May 13, 2013
    After filing an application for a mobile wallet patent last month, Amazon continues to make moves in payments by adding a new digital currency, Amazon Coins, for its app store.
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  • Visa Enhances POS Offers Program
    By Bryan Yurcan | May 13, 2013
    The card scheme is enhancing its Visa Offers rewards program to include customizable content and real-time offers.
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  • Google Says Shoppers With Smartphones Spend More
    By | May 10, 2013
    Google says frequent smartphone users spend 25% to 50% more while shopping than moderate smartphone users do.
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  • CIBC Expands Mobile Payments
    By Bryan Yurcan | May 10, 2013
    The Canadian bank announced its mobile payments app will now be available for Android smartphones.
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  • Google Wallet Head Osama Bedier Quits
    By Jonathan Camhi | May 09, 2013
    Osama Bedier, the head of Google Wallet, has quit the company after two years in charge in which the solution has failed to gain widespread appeal.
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  • Mobile Point of Sale Solutions Could Increase Consumer Card Payments By More $1 Trillion A Year, Study Says
    By Jonathan Camhi | April 30, 2013
    A new report by Javelin says there are nearly 20 million merchants who could start accepting card payments as a result of wider adoption of mobile POS solutions.
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  • Mobile Growing, But Still Not Preferred Channel
    By Bryan Yurcan | April 30, 2013
    Trends in mobile banking were a big topic at the CEB Tower Group Financial Services Technology conference.
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  • Rewarding Customers and Calming Security Concerns Key to Mobile Payments Adoption, Survey Finds
    By Jonathan Camhi | April 29, 2013
    In a recent survey by Accenture, smartphone owners picked security as their top concern in adopting mobile payments, and showed interest in value-add features for mobile payments like coupons and rewards points.
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  • API: Entry Point to the New 'Open' World of Banking
    By CeCe Morken, Intuit Financial Services | April 21, 2013
    The greater flexibility provided by API technology means banks can quickly provide the kind of product customization and experience customers expect. This depends on open infrastructures and data feeds.
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  • Mobile Payments: Moving Ahead At Full Speed
    By Bryan Yurcan | April 18, 2013
    This week saw more major movement in the ever-growing mobile payments space.
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  • PayPal Teams With Chilean Payment Network On International Money Movement
    By Bryan Yurcan | April 09, 2013
    The payments company has formed a partnership with Chilean payment network Multicaja to allow businesses that accept international payments via PayPal to withdraw their funds directly into their local bank accounts.
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  • Javelin Forecasts Big Growth in Mobile Payments By 2018
    By Jonathan Camhi | April 03, 2013
    A new Javelin report forecasts payments trends at the point of sale over the next few years, with growth expected in mobile payments and further decline in cash and checks.
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  • Online Still Represents Lion's Share of Digital Investment
    By Bryan Yurcan | April 03, 2013
    A report on the state of multi-channel banking by Forrester also found that many banks are unprepared to support multi-channel initiatives.
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  • How Banks Can Leverage Marketing and Analytics Platforms To Secure and Maintain Significant Marketing Budgets from Retailers
    By Lynne Laube, Cardlytics | March 28, 2013
    Marketing offers for consumers based on transactional data gives banks an opportunity to draw revenue from retailer partnerships.
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  • The New Ecosystem for Mobile: Technology Alliances for M-Payments and M-Banking
    By Eyad Hasan, EastNets | March 21, 2013
    Should banks view other service providers in the mobile payments market as friends or foes?
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  • Walmart Adds iPhone Scan-and-Checkout Feature to 12 More Markets
    By Reuters | March 20, 2013
    Walmart announced today that it is expanding a "scan and go" self-checkout initiative that uses Walmart's app for Apple devices, and plans to add Android devices as well.
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  • PayPal Introduces Mobile Point of Sale Solution For iPad
    By Jonathan Camhi | March 14, 2013
    PayPal launched an iPad version of its PayPal Here mobile mobile card reader solution that competes directly with Square’s card reader.
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  • Number of In-Store Bank Branches Down in 2013
    By Bryan Yurcan | March 11, 2013
    In-store branches, which generally tend to be low-deposit locations, have decreased by 4.6 percent since 2011.
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  • As Mobile Reshapes Payments Business, Fiserv Combines P2P Payments & Mobile Banking Offerings
    By Kathy Burger | March 07, 2013
    Fiserv's integration of Popmoney and Mobiliti is intended to enhance the functionality of mobile banking while expanding reach of Popmoney payments network.
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  • Verifone Shares Nearly Halve, Analysts Query Management
    By Reuters | February 21, 2013
    After cutting its profit outlook for the next quarter analysts are questioning the management of payments hardware provider Verifone as to how they could have been so far off on their profit estimates.
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  • American Express, Twitter Partner on Purchasing
    By Bryan Yurcan | February 12, 2013
    The company has expanded its partnership with Twitter, which previously consisted of a daily deals program, to include the ability to buy products.
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  • Citi Pursues 'Smart Banking' Branches
    By Bryan Yurcan | February 01, 2013
    The bank has opened five new locations in key markets that it says will feature digital innovation and a wide array of services.
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  • Bank Tech Vendor Shakeup Continues: FIS to Acquire mFoundry
    By Kathy Burger | January 31, 2013
    Bank tech giant previously held 22% interest in mobile solutions vendor; sees deal as opportunity to leverage technology assets across broader client base.
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