Groupon has announced two new solutions for last-minute shoppers: the Grouponvelope and the digital gift voucher. With these new options, Groupon lets local merchants who do not have a gift card program reach millions of customers looking for last-minute but thoughtful holiday gift ideas. “Many merchants don’t have the resources to invest in the same
Target has confirmed it is aware of unauthorized access to payment card data that may have impacted certain guests making credit and debit card purchases in its U.S. stores. Target is working closely with law enforcement and financial institutions, and has identified and resolved the issue. “Target’s first priority is preserving the trust of our
A huge number of South Africans rely on the ATMs to withdraw money. However the increased usage of ATMs has also resulted in criminals devising various scams such as card skimming, swopping and the trapping of card inside ATMs. This is usually accompanied by shoulder surfing to steal PIN numbers. SABRIC’s research has revealed that
Airlines are focused on innovating their mobile payment offerings to capture anticipated revenue potential, according to the Alternative Payment and Distribution Landscape: Airlines and Alternatives – The Facts whitepaper, launched today by WorldPay, a global leader in airline settlements and payments. The whitepaper, based on a research study of 56 global airline carriers – from
First, congratulations to the EcoCash team for winning the AfricaCom Best Mobile Money award. No doubt a few heads have turned towards Zimbabwe and we appreciate it. Congratulations as well to NetOne for the OneWallet re-launch. We hold our breath as we await Telecel’s Telecash launch. There has been quite some hype surrounding Telecash’s mobile
AfrAsia Bank and MasterCard introduce Africa’s first travel rewards program offering real time booking on over 450 airlines and at 200,000 hotels to its World and Titanium MasterCard cardholders. In collaboration with Infinia Services & Solutions and MasterCard, this travel rewards program enables cardholders to earn XtraMiles whenever they swipe their World or Titanium MasterCard
With many schools and businesses preparing to break for the winter holidays this week, Starbucks anticipates record purchases and activations of Starbucks Cards on Thursday, December 19. Last year, more than 2 million Starbucks Cards were purchased in the U.S. and Canada on the Thursday before Christmas – representing nearly 1,500 cards purchased per minute
A new survey from Tripwire, Inc., a provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, which looked at the attitudes of 1000 UK consumers, has revealed that despite a huge increase in shopping on mobile handsets, shoppers do not have security in place to protect the identity and credit card data stored on the devices.
This year saw a rise in online spending across the globe, with USA reporting a 20% increase in online shopping on Cyber Monday as shoppers snubbed physical retail stores in favour of missing out on the holiday queues. Locally South Africans are coming to the party, with recent report showing that 9.5% of South Africans
With Christmas around the corner many retailers are looking forward to the increase in sales but some retailers are looking at Omni-channel options to optimise shoppers holiday spend. Recent studies show that there are large gains to be made by retailers who diversify the options available to their shoppers. There has been a major shift
