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B2B Payments
B2B Breakthrough: Discover, Ariba Launch AribaPay
May 08, 2013

Really and truly solving the B2B payments’ problem over the years has been a little bit like proving Fermat’s last theorem – lots and lots have tried and a few have even gotten pretty close. But no one has been able to enter the market...

Company Spotlight
Discover, PayPal Make Merchant Acquiring Momentum
May 07, 2013

On August 22, 2012, Discover and PayPal announced a partnership that positioned the two entities as real threats to the established payments landscape. Now, just eight months later, we’re starting to see the fruits of that partnership, as Discover’s offline PayPal operating rules officially came...

Company Spotlight
ROAM, Ingenico Take On mPOS Ecosystem With New Growth Strategy
April 16, 2013

French payments terminal company Ingenico is aiming to grow its annual revenue to above $2.3 billion in 2016. Essential to this growth is mobile point of sale powerhouse ROAM. Just a few weeks ago Ingenico laid out plans during its Investor Day to accelerate its...

CEO Series
CEO Series: Merchant Warehouse Focuses On Future-Proof Solutions
April 09, 2013

Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s 2013 CEO Series: a quick and concise glimpse into the minds of the leaders of the payments industry and how they view innovation, change and growth. We’ll ask each top exec the same six questions about the payments industry to gauge who...

Company Spotlight
ROAM Focuses On International, Mobile Growth With New Exec
April 09, 2013

Scott Goldthwaite was named new Senior Vice President of Operations at ROAM less than two weeks ago, on April 1, 2013. A man with experience at payments innovators such as Payment Planet, Hypercom, WAY Systems and other companies, Goldthwaite’s resume speaks for itself when it...

CEO Series
20130312-CEO Series: WePay Takes Customer-Driven Approach To Group Payments
March 12, 2013

As CEO of group payments service WePay, Bill Clerico knows a thing or two about innovating to meet consumer needs. In fact, Clerico says that despite his experience in the field, every hour he spends with a customer lets him learn something new. Why is...

CEO Series
CEO Series: WePay Takes Customer-Driven Approach To Group Payments
March 11, 2013

Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s 2013 CEO Series: a quick and concise glimpse into the minds of the leaders of the payments industry and how they view innovation, change and growth. We’ll ask each top exec the same six questions about the payments industry to gauge who...

MWC 2013: Mobile Money And The Underbanked
March 06, 2013

Mrch 7, 2013 We tend to view mobile payments as a trend for developed economies. Debates such as NFC vs. QR code focus on changing user behavior from one payment method to another, and value-add debates center around retail, marketing and spend. But for billions...

Company Spotlight
MWC Day One: Visa, ROAM, Samsung, NFC And More
February 26, 2013

Welcome to Day One of PYMNTS.com’s Mobile World Congress 2013 Recap: a comprehensive look at all the most important payments announcements and coolest stories from MWC2013 in Barcelona, Spain. We will be live on-site for all four days of the conference and aim to bring...