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Addressing Emerging Threats to Mobile Payments: Securing Ecommerce Through SDK Protection

Retail TouchPoints

Malicious actors are increasingly targeting the SDKs responsible for handling sensitive financial information, especially in the context of mobile payments. As mobile commerce increases, so do cyberattacks. Visa sets global standards to ensure that sensitive cardholder data is protected during online and mobile payments.

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Digital Commerce and the Threat of Card-not-present Fraud

BigCommerce

In 2016, shoppers spent more than $1.9 Mobile payments are also making an increasing impact. This shift to mobile is pushed along with the ever expanding list of payments-enabled devices. And the use of mobile payments is expected to grow at an 80% compound annual growth rate through 2020 — reaching $503 billion.

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How Retailers Can Use Beacons To Beat Amazon Go In 2017

RTP blog

coupons will be delivered annually to consumers via beacons by 2020, up from only 11 million in 2016. One of the most popular examples in this sector would be MobilePay, a mobile proximity payment service by Danske Bank that leverages iBeacon tech to enable quick and easy mobile payments. As per the report, 1.6B

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Retailers Can Learn Lessons From Consumers' Card Safety Concerns

RTP blog

By Nicole Bryan, Sterling Payment Technologies Given the rise in reported data breaches and credit card fraud concerns, it should come as no surprise that the shift to EMV and mobile payments has some shoppers wary. But at the same time, merchants shouldn’t just be content with upgrading to EMV.

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Viya, China’s top livestreaming influencer, vanished from cyberspace after receiving a $210m fine for tax evasion.

Ecommerce Platforms

The 36-year-old Viya, China's top livestream seller, has broken many sales records since her first appearance, in 2016, on Taobao Live (an Alibaba-owned live-streaming channel). Because of her outstanding sales performance, she was invited to the new Taobao livestream program in 2016. Social media sites. Weibo (Twitter-liked).

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4 Secrets To Boosting Retail Revenue By Catering To Foreign Tourists

RTP blog

In 2016, 75.6 Payments Are Not Just Cash Or Card Anymore Many tourists rely heavily on cash when they come to the U.S. Meanwhile, mobile payment mechanisms are extremely popular and mainstream in countries like China and India. By Amitaabh Malhotra, Omnyway Tourism is big business in the U.S. billion across the country.

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Shop with Your Steering Wheel: 3 Opportunities in Connected Car Commerce

GetElastic

These hypermobile devices will come complete with hardware, operating systems and app-driven utilities that can support a variety of payments on the go. “The industry crossed a critical threshold in the first quarter of 2016, with the quiet but dramatic announcement of a statistic that few noted at the time,” reports Tech Crunch.