Mobile is the tool of choice for consumers and merchants as they meet at the intersection of on and offline commerce. But how to best use this powerful tool in pursuit of an omnicommerce vision is the subject of much debate and experimentation. Some retailers...
Ecosystems rule and one need not look further than Apple to see the powerful innovation that they can unleash. MPD CEO Karen Webster goes deep with three key stakeholders in the new Ignite Payments ecosystem designed to unleash entirely new sources of value to merchants....
Payments industry veteran Steve Pellizzer has joined WePay as the company’s new CFO. Pellizzer spoke to MPD CEO Karen Webster about his 12 years in the business and how that’s prepared him to manage the evolving needs of WePay’s dynamic customer segments.
By the time the card networks’ EMV liability-shift deadline takes effect in October next year, potentially far less than half of the nation’s cards and payment terminals will comply. Legislation and various controversial issues, such as whether to support PINs or signatures for authentication or...
Host Card Emulation (HCE) has been hailed as the cloud-based fix for what ails secure mobile payments. But while HCE solves one problem, it still lives in the cloud. Suppose cloud connectivity were unavailable or lost? In a recent podcast interview, PYMNTS spoke with Shaunt...
In a recent blog post, several FTC staffers noted that the changing competitive landscape online commerce is creating is affecting the agency’s examinations for potentially anticompetitive deals. Sometimes, though, the competitive influence of two merging companies still can be determined by looking at only one...
We’ve said it before; we’ll say it again. Trekking down the omnichannel path is vital for merchants who want to keep up and stay in lockstep with the consumers’ expectations. But more retailers are beginning to wonder whether omnichannel and EMV are at crossed purposes....
Bitcoin may become the hiding place for marital assets when relationships begin to head south, and Rapper 50 Cent is the latest “merchant” to accept bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin also even inched up a bit to $644.13 according to the PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index....
We admit it – we thought that just bringing you the monthly updates on mPOS was getting a little long of tooth. So, we decided to get a little “jiggy” with the mPOS Tracker. Starting this month, we’ll be going well beyond tracking only the...
