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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...

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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...

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MasterCard’s Gary Flood On The Global Mind
February 21, 2013

What does the concept of the “Global Mind” entail? At The Innovation Project 2013, we’re determined to find out. First coined by former Vice President Al Gore around eight years ago, the Global Mind is the result of technology connecting people and information from all...

Innovation, Regulation And Payments Hubs: Global Payments’ Future
February 19, 2013

It’s obvious that the global payments ecosystem is undergoing rapid innovation. What’s less apparent is what’s causing such change. To discuss some of the key factors that drive the global payments system, Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster spoke with Matt Friend, managing director at...

U.S. Charges Three Men In Gozi Bank Malware Case
January 24, 2013

United States authorities have charged three men with the creation and distribution of the Gozi computer virus, which compromised millions of computers and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. The virus infected around 40,000 computers in the U.S. – including some belonging to...

Paralympics Claims Visa Didn’t Meet ATM Agreement
September 01, 2012

The Royal National Institute of Blind People threatened Visa with legal action for failing to provide on-site ATMs for blind users at the Paralympics. Visa signed a $100 million contract with the Paralympics to install eight ATMs for blind users, reports Finextra. Read the full...

Study Finds Smartphone Use Growing Faster Than Internet, PC
September 01, 2012

Analytics firm Flurry has released a study claiming smartphones as the fastest-adopted consumer technology ever, reports Fast Company. The study reports that smartphone use is being adopted twice as fast as the Internet boom and twice as fast as PC use grew in the 1980s....