Oppenheimer & Co.’s asset allocation ranking by country sends a strong signal to avoid emerging markets, with India falling to the bottom of the list and Thailand, Turkey and Singapore declining in rank. Sourced through Scoop.it from: blogs.barrons.com

Consumers increasingly depend on ATMs and credit cards in paying for their daily purchases that include gasoline and groceries, as paying with “plastic money” spells convenience even when paying for big ticket items like a new laptop or the latest……

Do the new EMV-chip credit cards (named after the developers, Europay, MasterCard and Visa) require a protective cover so they can’t be scanned by nearby thieves, just as RFID (radio frequency identification) cards do? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.bostonherald.com

Ethoca, a developer of technolgoy to help online, e-commerce merchants prevent fraud, has raised $45M in a funding round, the company said this morning. Ethoca’s U.S. headquarters are in Austin. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.texastechpulse.com

Loyalty — that magical blend of habit and preference — is the Great White Whale of Commerce. It’s tantalizing, it’s obvious and it’s out there, swimming around the horizon just begging to be reeled in. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

As almost everyone in eCommerce knows, yesterday (July 15) Amazon celebrated it 20th year in business with an event that was billed as Black Friday in July — or Prime Day. So did Prime Wednesday live up to its November…

As of Wednesday (July 15), fashionistas in the U.S. and Canada have one more tool to improve their online shopping experience, reported TechCrunch. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

English is full of inspirational sayings that exist for one purpose: to encourage you to do things that more likely than not you aren’t really all that inclined to do. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

ChannelAdvisor Corp., a cloud-based eCommerce company focused on retailers and manufacturing, said Wednesday (July 15) that it is joining with the Purchases on Google program. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

The U.S economy is showing signs of strains as the Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell unexpectedly in June from household cutbacks on purchase of automobiles, food and other spending. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com