Mobile payments now more secure than physical cards
Mobile phone payments are now more secure than traditional bank cards thanks to features like facial and fingerprint recognition technology.
StockX tops $1bn in sales for the first time as sneaker market continues to boom
StockX has surpassed $1 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) for the first time thanks to massive growth in 2019.
Mobile shopping apps were downloaded 5.4bn times in 2019
Mobile is set to dominate online shopping in 2020 thanks to a 20 per cent increase in shopping app downloads to 5.4 billion last year.
Samsung launches a range of new cutting edge retail technologies at NRF
Samsung has unveiled a range of cutting edge new retail technology solutions “to help brick-and-mortar retailers reinvent the in-store experience”.
Amazon attacks Honey as security risk after PayPal paid $4bn for it
PayPal’s recently acquired shopping app Honey “tracks you private shopping behaviour” and represents a security threat, according to Amazon.
92% of online retail apps “actively” leak personal data
Almost all dedicated retail apps leak sensitive user data including phone numbers and geolocation, according to mobile security firm NewSecure.
Apple App Store breaks records to take £1bn in a week over the holidays
Apple has celebrated record sales on its app store over the holiday season raking in over £1 billion in the last week of the year.
Schuh brings Klarna instore with new partnership
Footwear brand Schuh has teamed up with Swedish FinTech company Klarna to extend its buy now, pay later scheme to in-store purchases.
Facebook owns top four most-downloaded apps of the decade
Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram were the four most downloaded apps of the decade according to new research by App Annie.
Samsung’s Whisk launches new app to simplify grocery shopping
UK-based food shopping app Whisk has launched the first multi-platform app of its kind to simplify grocery shopping.
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