In our evolving economy, consumers expect to be able to shop anywhere at any time. According to Forrester Research, mobile payments will amount to $90 billion in the coming years. Source: http://www.scoop.it

The Poynt Smart Terminal is like a one-size-fits-all payments system. It has an NFC antenna, a magnetic swipe reader, a Bluetooth antenna, a QR code reader, a printer for receipts, and even an Android tablet to boot. Source: gizmodo.com

  SurveyMonkey Audience has teamed up with Blueshift Research, an investment research firm, to deliver another report tracking monthly consumer trends Source: http://www.surveymonkey.com

When CVS and Rite Aid disabled Apple Pay over the weekend, it drew attention to rival mobile wallet CurrentC. Source: http://www.idigitaltimes.com

In November of 2012, Google Wallet chief Osama Bedier admitted defeat. “Nobody today is delivering any solution that will get scale, including me,” he said onstage at the Open Mobile Summit. Soon,… Source: http://www.theverge.com

UD IT advises two-factor authentication is safer than simple passwords Source: http://www.udel.edu

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Emerging stocks rose tothree-week highs on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in China andexpectations of a dovish U.S. Source: http://www.reuters.com

Many things have changed in emerging markets (EMs) over the last two decades. Markets are more efficient than they used to be Source: http://www.valuewalk.com

Emerging-market stocks posted the biggest two-day gain in a year as the Federal Reserve maintained a pledge to keep U.S. interest rates low while signaling that the labor market in the world’s largest economy is improving. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

Contrary to conventional wisdom, emerging markets can indeed achieve convergence with more economically developed countries. Source: http://www.institutionalinvestor.com