Bitcoin traded in the in a fifty dollar range going from as low as about $450 and as high as $506, ending at $464 at about 7am EST on Friday. Our volatility index shows Bitcoin at a whopping 29 times more volatile than the euro....
A patent originally filed in October 2010 was assigned to MasterCard International, Purchase, NY, according to Insurance News Net. The patent was developed by a team of five members, and offers “methods for risk management” in mobile devices like smart phones that can be used...
The software vendor manages point of sale transactions for over 10,000 stores.
So two weeks ago we ask you, the readers, what Square should do, given that many of Silicon Valley’s biggest players are reportedly pursing the payments processor and POS start-up. The answers were surprising. While almost no one who answered our call for answers thought...
Worldpay, a global payment processing provider announced the launch of an e-commerce integration module with hybris, a SAP company to give customers access to Worldpay’s end-to-end services including payment processing, alternative payments, fraud and acquiring services, through the hybris platform. This will provide hybris customers...
Payments news junkies were totally bummed by Apple’s first quarter earnings calls since not a peep was uttered about that topic. But, there was some light hinting about new products yet to come. And, maybe the biggest news of all is that the number of...
Nearly seventh months after announcing her hire, Angela Ahrendts will start has Apple’s new head of retail next week, according to information released in the company’s earnings call yesterday afternoon. Ahrendts comes to Apple from Burberry where she served as CEO and is widely credited with...
The Carlyle Group is the first global private equity firm to close a fund that is focused entirely on building the middle class in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was inspired by the opportunity to completely transform the financial and economic opportunities in that region and obviously...
In this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin has spoken with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the general state of mobile commerce, its game changers, and the technology behind mobile security. In the final part of the digital discussion, McLaughlin reveals exciting...
