According to T.C.Guruprasad, CEO & Managing Director, CentrumDirect Ltd, more travelers are using prepaid cards in order to avoid the high rates. Along with low rates, prepaid cards also carry a security feature – they are chip-based and come with a back-up card. So there...
Consumers aren’t likely to be loyal to any one brand, companies that spend more on loyalty programs aren’t as profitable as companies that don’t and companies with the most loyal customers don’t even have loyalty programs. Try putting that business case in front of your...
Mobile wallets are on the rise, and consumers are being given a wide variety of choices when downloading them to their devices. However, according to a TSYS white paper released today, consumers are still hesitant to replace their cards with these mobile wallets. What’s causing...
It turns out that the Heart Bleed Bug is not only affecting websites. Software companies are reporting that networking equipment is also currently affected. “I think this is very concerning for many people,” Darren Hayes, professor of security and computer forensics at Pace University told...
A New York start-up wants to challenge Craigslist and Ebay by encouraging its buyers and sellers to use Bitcoins instead of other payments. Corkket.com wants to reshape local online trading by providing more trustworthy ways for payments and offer full refunds to buyers who change their...
Earlier in the month, ROAM was the highest-ranking mPOS terminal vendor within ABI Research’s mPOS Competitive Assessment. A major part of the company’s strategy is to sell to continue to sell to a particular market without limiting themselves to other opportunities. The London-based research firm...
Contact: Eileen Goode PYMNTS.com 339-832 4794 egoode@pymnts.com PYMNTS.com Launches the Bitcoin Price Index and the Bitcoin Volatility Index Rising concerns over bitcoin trading prompt leading finance experts to develop indices that track movements in this most rapidly growing alternative currency BOSTON, April...
U.S. Bank announced today the availability of extended term financing for its freight payment customers. The bank is the first organization to offer shippers the ability to extend their days payable outstanding (DPO) without delaying payment to their carriers. This way shippers and carriers can...
NCR consumer transaction technologies and CradlePoint, the in cloud-managed 3G/4G networking solutions for distributed enterprises, announced an agreement that provides CradlePoint customers with expanded field service and support globally. Under the agreement, NCR, through its Telecom & Technology line of business, will provide on-site installation,...
