The long-awaited global financial market correction has arrived. We are seeing collapses in all major markets and across all major categories.As usual, the pain has started at the edges, in the weaker elements (emerging markets, junk bonds,… Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

India will be a “star performer” among emerging market economies and is expected to clock 7.7 per cent growth in 2016, outshining China for the second consecutive year, a PwC report says. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.financialexpress.com

Nordstrom took a hit this week as its stock was downgraded. Can consumer confidence in the high-end retailer be enough for it to weather the storm? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Working off a recent list of the top resolutions for 2016, we break down how merchants can turn consumers’ personal wishes into a profitable year of their own. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Facebook Messenger, which joined the payments ecosystem in March 2015 when it added P2P payments, has reached another milestone: 800 active million users. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Every year for the past decade or so, fewer checks are written as consumers switch to cards and, lately, mobile apps. Total losses from check fraud have also dropped. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cuinsight.com

A recent study shows that the relationship between retailer and consumer can last for nearly a month post-purchase, as communications from both sides continue. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

We have known that the EMV, (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), contactless credit and debit card standard was coming to the U.S. for some time. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.vendingmarketwatch.com

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – January 08, 2016) – SmartMetric, Inc. | Credit Cards, Data Breach & Fraud Prevention Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scoop.it

Credit cards were an amazing invention—in the 1950s. But today they are an outdated technology that cost us serious money. Sourced through Scoop.it from: priceonomics.com