By Dan Hartveld, Technical Director at Red Ant.
Set up by the Payments Council and backed by most of the major banks, Paym, which launched at the end of April, represents a significant milestone in the future of person-to-person payment. Around 400,000 people have already registered to use the system, which allows them to pay others up to £250 a day just by using their mobile phone number.
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Paym – paving the way for unified mobile payments
Jun 19, 2014
Shopatron debuts free Inventory Lookup at IRCE 2014
Jun 19, 2014
Shopatron has announced the release of a free inventory visibility API, available to retailers for the first time at the 2014 Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) in Chicago.
The European (un)common markets
Jun 16, 2014
Greg Zemor, Co-Founder of marketplace distribution solution Neteven, discusses how online retailers can capitalise on the differences between online marketplaces in Europe.
Multi-channel solutions specialist Maginus acquires InfoData Solutions
Jun 11, 2014
Maginus, provider of multi-channel solutions for retail & B2B distribution companies, has acquired InfoData Solutions (IDS), the Business Intelligence (BI) specialist. The acquisition is a strategic move by Maginus to further strengthen the solutions the company provides to its retail and wholesale distribution clients.
Mobile Media Summit headed to London for Inaugural UK Mobile Event
Jun 11, 2014
Mobile Media Summit, the mobile media and advertising conference staged in North America and Europe, is headed to London for its first event on Tuesday, 1 July.
Specialist ecommerce agency launch new analytics app
Jun 11, 2014
Webtise has announced a new analytics app to offer online retailers insight into the overall business performance using simple metrics.
Global Design Award for Posiflex space-saving terminal
Jun 05, 2014
The Posiflex HS-2310, the new all-in-one space saving EPoS terminal launched in the UK by Varlink Ltd, has been awarded a prestigious Red Dot Design Award.
Citizen CT-S601 speeds up service at fuel stations
Jun 05, 2014
Citizen Systems Europe has provided a fast, efficient means of on-the-spot printing to help Greek retail solutions provider ICS (Intelligent Cash Systems) win new business.
Logility acquires MID Retail
Jun 05, 2014
Logility, Inc. today announced its acquisition of privately-held MID Retail, Inc., an Indianapolis-based provider of retail allocation and merchandise planning solutions.
IRI helps retailers and manufacturers to improve promotional uplift by up to 50%
Jun 05, 2014
IRI reports that faster delivery of insights can have a dramatic effect on performance, including better promotional availability and planning, resulting in promotional uplift of up to 50 per cent.
