OR-based PayRange has inked a deal with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company (SMCC), a major merchant acquirer in Japan to expand the PayRange mobile payment solution to millions of Japanese vending machines. While Japan has among the most advanced vending machine markets in the world almost none of the vending machines take credit or debit cards.…
The global market for email marketing is estimated to grow by a CAGR of 19.60% thru 2025 rising from US$4.51 billion in 2016 to US$22.16 billion by EOY 2025. Software has surfaced as the key component in email marketing and is projected to remain so throughout the forecast period, owing to the increasing uptake of…
Online commerce payments are growing sharply in developed countries, but in North America there is angst among consumers with cybersecurity. China overtook the US as the world’s largest online commerce market two years ago, with Chinese consumers spending a total of $699 billion online in 2015. About 20% of the total value of online commerce…
Zuora’s first annual User Summit begins with advanced training by role – Billing & Payment Ops, Finance Ops, Zuora Admins, IT/Developers, Pricing and Growth Managers. Zuora has been enabling the subscription economy by building the next generation commerce platform. Zuora’s subscription management software has enabled 21st century businesses around the world from startups to enterprises…
The creators of the digital currency known as DIBCOIN, reportedly have inked a billion-dollar liquidity partnership with Digitas Bank enabling present and future DIBCOIN holders the ability to deposit and withdraw DIBCOIN and FIAT currency in a single transaction and with complete financial privacy. On top of this customers can use an anonymous VISA debit…
America’s fastest growing tech conference, with more than 20,000 attendees, and millions of business ideas including fintech is slated for early May in New Orleans. Collision attendees include 3,000 CEOs and other senior executives. About 4,500 companies will be represented from 110 countries. It is an ultimate event, and best of all, it is sandwiched…
Wells Fargo continues to reel from the bank’s fraudulent sales practices exposed last year, as new credit card account acquisitions fell more than 46% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/17). Consumer credit card portfolio metrics remained soft with single digit YOY gains, and there was a noticeable uptick in charge-offs, according to CardData. The…
Wildly successful in early development, bitcoin has hit some rough patches in China and Europe, and a cold shoulder in the North American banking world. However, mainstream acceptance is plowing forward albeit at single-digit annual growth rates. The global bitcoin technology market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.26% through 2020. The recovering…
Delaware, Oregon, and Florida were the top-ranked states for billing and shipping e-commerce fraud in 2016. Both Oregon and Delaware saw an increase in e-commerce billing fraud attacks of over 200%. Three states, Florida, California and New York, accounted for more than 70% of total e-commerce billing fraud attacks. Experian’s “2016 E-commerce Fraud Attack Rates…
With merchants having more choices than ever, payments professionals and resellers need to understand the ins and outs of their merchants’ payments activity to know best what upgrades and upsells to offer. Companies are demanding more data around their operations in nearly every aspect of their business, and payments is no exception. As the payments…
Citibank North America branded credit card purchase dollar volume (PDV) continued to soar in the first quarter (1Q/17), however net income dropped sharply, both driven by the 2016 Costco acquisition, according to CardData. North America Citi-branded card revenue increased 12.7% YOY to $2096 million for 1Q/17, compared to $2213 million in the prior quarter and $1860…
Chase, the nation’s largest bank credit card issuer, continued to post double-digit year-on-year (YOY) growth in purchase dollar volume (PDV) in the first quarter (1Q/17) while YOY growth in outstandings (OUT) remained in the mid-single digits. Card income remained depressed in the quarter due to higher new account origination costs and provisions to offset rising…
