Venmo is getting into cards. The peer-to-peer payment app owned by PayPal said Monday (June 25) that it has launched a Mastercard-branded debit card. The aim, according to the company, is to enable consumers who use Venmo to spend their balances in more places. Any...
Here are two ideas that appear contradictory, but are combining in a way that could significantly change convenience store commerce and payments: First, those retail locations, once dismissively called “gas stations” — where hot dogs resided under heat lamps for days on end — are developing into...
Mastercard, the payments company announced Thursday (June 21) that it inked a partnership with Refinery29, in which they will bring a new element to the interactive festival of style, culture and creativity as the 29Rooms official payment technology partner. 29Rooms is an exhibition made up of...
The gas station — and the convenience store — experience. Reimagined. One need no longer schlep out of the car to the pump, braving hail and sleet to find a numb-fingered grip on the nozzle to fill the tank, fumbling for a card to insert...
The joy of renting a new apartment also comes with misery: Handing over a large sum of money to the landlord for a security deposit, which then sits useless in an account, earning virtually nothing. Not only do tenants dislike that payment ritual, but — and...
The QR Code has been enjoying some love and attention over the past few weeks, though the prospects for the digital payment tool remain relatively limited outside of Asia, at least according to one report. First up, EMVCo, the global technical body that manages those...
Wells Fargo announced news on Thursday (May 10) of the launch of Pay with Wells Fargo, a new service for its mobile app that brings payment options to the home screen of the app before a customer must log in. In a press release, the...
Google Pay, the digital payment service, is no longer relegated only to mobile devices — Google has announced that it is now available on the web. In a blog post highlighting what users can do with Google Pay, the company said it started to roll out Google Pay on...
Stripe, the digital payment company, pushed forward on its diversification strategy Monday (April 30) with the announcement that it is expanding its Atlas service, which it launched two years ago to help startups get incorporated in Delaware. According to a report in TechCrunch, Atlas can...
