Square partners with Facebook to offer ad buys

Clients will be able to buy and measure ads on Facebook through the payments platform. 

By Ian P. Murphy • March 24, 2016

Report: Apple Pay expanding to mobile web ahead of holiday season

Mobile payments still lag as U.S. consumers stick with their “top of wallet” credit card.

By Daphne Howland • March 24, 2016

Explore the Trendline➔

Gen Z and millennials

If there's anything retailers want more than financial stability right now, it's to understand Gen Z. 

By Retail Dive staff

Starbucks will launch prepaid card to expand loyalty program

But it’s not clear whether expanding the utility of its points will help Starbucks ease backlash against earlier changes.

By Daphne Howland • March 24, 2016

Durbin backs retailers on credit card swipe fees debate

The Illinois senator rekindles the debate on EVMCo governance.  

By Ian P. Murphy • March 18, 2016

Square acquires team from software startup Framed

The team will build algorithms that will help distribute Square Capital's cash advances.

By Ian P. Murphy • March 15, 2016

Amazon files patent for payment-by-selfie tech

Fingerprint and facial-recognition promise to be more effective than PINs and passwords, but privacy advocates don’t like the idea of using faces to pay.

By Daphne Howland • March 15, 2016

The state of EMV: Change is coming…slowly

It’s been five months since the liability shift, yet fewer than 40% of U.S. merchants are EMV-ready. Why?

By Lara Ewen • March 3, 2016

Survey: Apple Pay dominates among retailers implementing digital payments

Two-thirds of merchants using or asking about digital payments request Apple Pay.

By Ian P. Murphy • March 3, 2016

8 Ways to Increase E-commerce Sales Without Increasing Your Marketing Budget

Checkout abandonment is causing e-commerce retailers to miss some of their most critical conversions, resulting in a loss of up to 42% of potential sales.

Feb. 23, 2016

How The Dandy Lab stays ahead of 'digital disruption': A smart customer experience

The British menswear boutique uses shopper data, RFID tags, and consumers' own phones to supply the in-store experience they really want. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 17, 2016

3 Tips to stop global checkout abandonment

The majority of e-commerce sites are not designed to fully adapt to the global shopper, which is hurting sales.

Feb. 16, 2016

PayPal Commerce set to place 'Buy' buttons everywhere

Platform-agnostic APIs will help sellers convert across channels. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 12, 2016

Checkout abandonment and what it means for today's retailers

Retailers are losing up to 42% of sales due to online checkout friction and payment processing declines, or checkout abandonment.

Feb. 9, 2016

Amazon offers to replace own card readers with Square's

The marketplace ceased support for its own Amazon Local Registers Feb. 1.  

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 8, 2016

PayPal touts 'new money' in first campaign since eBay spinoff

The company's debut Super Bowl ad positioned it as an all-inclusive service that helps people reach beyond traditional banking.

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 8, 2016

Visa opens retail payments tech to outside developers

Visa Developer will offer devlopers access to hundreds of Visa APIs. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 5, 2016

In-app payment security tops goals for retailers worldwide

North American retailers prefer to focus on unified commerce and customer engagement.   

By Ian P. Murphy • Feb. 2, 2016

Amazon shuts down speculation of PayPal partnership

The e-retail giant looks to grow its own Pay with Amazon system instead. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Jan. 27, 2016

Mobile payments: What does 2016 have in store?

In order to be successful, mobile payment apps need to be easy to use and offer some incentive for consumers to forgo their usual payment methods.

By Melissa Anders • Jan. 21, 2016

More retailers, including Starbucks and Wal-Mart, sign with Visa Checkout

The latest partners also include Walgreens, NFL Shop, and HSN. 

By Ian P. Murphy • Jan. 13, 2016

5 key trends for retailers to watch in 2016

This year will see a mobile-driven transformation for retailers, who will be keen to reach customers in store and online in whole new ways.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 5, 2016

Wal-Mart adds MasterCard's digital wallet to payment options

It’s not clear yet whether Wal-Mart customers can bypass registering with Walmart.com to use the wallet, but it's a sign that Wal-Mart may be ready to accept that “super-wallets” like MasterPass are the future.

By Daphne Howland • Jan. 5, 2016

Why 2015 wasn't the year for 'buy' buttons—and how 2016 can be different

Even with this holiday season’s apparent surge in mobile commerce, social media hasn’t turned out to be a major channel for sales. Will it ever be?

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 22, 2015

Report: Target working on its own mobile wallet

Does this mean that the chronically-delayed CurrentC payment app is doomed?

By Daphne Howland • Dec. 21, 2015

PayPal unit Braintree now powers Facebook payments

Tokenized transactions will allow seamless order and payment between apps.

By Ian P. Murphy • Dec. 17, 2015