PayPal has started contacting its customers touting a feature called Pay After Delivery, which puts a new twist on its payment system. PayPal is pitching it as letting shoppers “get your items before you pay at no extra cost.” The way the service works is...
There’s no question that virtual currencies such as Bitcoin have traditional payments regulators upset, given the relative transaction anonymity they bring to the table. Moreover, they continue to be a risky venture for consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau noted earlier this week, the first...
Accounts payable platforms can be tedious to implement. But that’s even more the case for smaller firms that may have worthwhile products but lack the expertise to get them installed quickly. One AP vendor found itself in just such a situation. PYMNTS.com takes a look...
Square, which was just the subject of a less-than-glowing story in FastCompany, published a blog post about the Top 10 negative myths about its service on Thursday (Aug. 14). The post also comes a few days after Amazon launched a new card reader for smartphones...
Payments-startup Square, whose card reader plugs into smartphones to let small merchants accept credit and debit cards, has decided against issuing its own brand of card, according to FastCompany. Square has been testing the card over the past year by giving prototypes to employees to...
VeriFone and gas-pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root will collaborate on new fuel dispensers that include the ability to read EMV payment cards as well as display at-pump media advertising and entertainment, the two companies announced on Wednesday (Aug. 13). Under the deal, Gilbarco will transition the...
EBay has been in talks to accept Bitcoin through its Braintree unit, according to a report Thursday (Aug. 14) in The Wall Street Journal. The move will likely give the digital currency a much needed perception boost, which is especially critical given that Bitcoin’s value...
Mobile technology and full-service payments firm SinglePoint, Inc. finalized an agreement to advertise its cashless payment options on Leafly.com, which is an online cannabis information resource. The move is designed to assist recreational and medicinal cannabis dispensaries, according to a SinglePoint press release. SinglePoint already provides...
In-house law departments are willing to embrace technology, according to a recent Thomson Reuters survey. Specifically, 44 percent of respondents said that they are using e-billing software. Approximately 600 in-house lawyers were surveyed, according to Canadian Lawyer Magazine. The purpose of the survey was to study...
