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 But today they are an outdated technology that cost us serious money.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

Epic training hall video of the 94 kg Kazakh lifters Zhassulan Kydyrbayev, Alexandr Zaichikov and Almas Uteshov. Mostly snatch lifts. It was very intense atm… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload) Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

Turkey will start realization of preferential trade agreements with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on Jan. 1, 2017, the Turkish newspaper Haber 7 reported Jan. 8. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.azernews.az