Discover Financial Services has a long history of trying to do things differently, starting out with the Cashback Bonus for card transactions and no annual fees. In doing so, it doesn’t try to emulate what’s occurring in the marketplace. Since taking prepaid responsibilities at Discover...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which made a name for itself in the payments industry almost two decades ago when it led a class-action lawsuit challenging the “honor-all-cards” and debit card interchange policies of Visa and MasterCard, is at it again. The mega-retailer this week filed a...
In her commentary column in the March 24 PYMNTS newsletter, Market Platform Dynamics’ CEO Karen Webster asked whether now is the time to hit the pause button on EMV. She’s not alone in sharing that view, as more payments-industry insiders are wondering whether the push for...
Mobile-payment app provider for the food and beverage industry TabbedOut named several new executive to its team.
Financial institutions have been substantially impacted by the recent data breaches, according to recent survey data released by ACI Worldwide.
Digital currency company Circle Internet Financial says it has raised $17 million in funding from new investor Oak Investment Partners along with Breyer Capital, Accel Partners and General Catalyst Partners and others.
Almost 80 percent of supply chain business representatives view analytics as either being very or moderately important, with most intending to increase investment in the area, according to a survey by MHI, an international trade association for the material handling and logistics industry.
Virtual currencies were a topic of discussion at the European Central Bank/Banca d’Italia Workshop on Interchange Fees earlier this week.
BKM and Redsys have signed an agreement to work together for interoperability of the iupay and BKM Express digital wallets, the companies announced March 25.