Rewards programs can be more than just points or cash back. Programs such as Qiibee now allow merchants to offer customers digital currencies that they can trade. Qiibee Founder Gabriele Giancola explains how crypto rewards can help merchants attract customers — and overcome some of the challenges of traditional loyalty programs. Read More...

OpenBazaar bills itself as a new way to transact online, through decentralized markets and with cryptocurrencies. At the root of the global push is a business model with no restrictions (or fees), as parent company OB1 CEO Brian Hoffman tells PYMNTS, aiming to reduce transaction costs and bring marketplace power to buyers and sellers, sans middlemen.  Read More...

Data breaches can happen anywhere, but they tend to happen in the U.S. more often than anywhere else, which means stolen online identity skews American. That is just in time for Americans to be living more digitally mediated lives, and forecast to become more so. How then to protect all the current — and coming — data? Read More...