June 16, 2015
MasterCard’s Tokenization Breakthrough
MasterCard has formed new partnerships with Synchrony Financial and Citi Retail Services to take its tokenization efforts to the next level. That also includes a big step forward to offer tokenization services to...
June 16, 2015
Kill Switches Do More Than Protect Data
The same technology that allows mobile device owners to protect their information by wiping data or disabling a phone remotely has also decreased the overall number of reported instances of...
June 16, 2015
Why Jack Likely Won’t Be Back At Twitter For Long
When it was announced last week (June 11) that Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo would be stepping down and Twitter-co founder Jack Dorsey would be stepping in as interim CEO, the...
June 16, 2015
To Go Where No V-Card Has Gone Before
The more complicated the B2B payments problem, the less complex its solution has to be for businesses to implement. PYMNTS sat down with WEX’s SVP and General Manager of Virtual...
June 16, 2015
Ecobank/MasterCard Partner To Expand Payments In Africa
MasterCard announced yesterday (June 15) a new partnership with Ecobank to push electronic payments over the next 10 years in 32 sub-Saharan African countries – where, according to Michael Miebach, MasterCard...
June 16, 2015
Stripe Swipes Its Expansion Plans Across Europe
Stripe, the digital payments company, has its sights on global ambitions as it looks to soon launch in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, the International Business Times reported yesterday (June 15)....
June 16, 2015
The Race Is On Between Uber And China’s Top Taxi...
Uber’s biggest rival in China may have just raised the stakes. The country’s largest taxi app firm and biggest competition to Uber’s ride-sharing service, Didi Kuaidi, is seeking to raise...
June 16, 2015
Long Live Credit Cards Says Visa Europe CEO
Visa Europe CEO Nicholas Huss defended the case of credit cards in Europe during MoneyConf in Belfast, reports International Business Times. Huss explained that while contactless payments are indeed on...
June 16, 2015
Retail POS Platform Showcases Integrated eCommerce
LUMOS, a subscription-based point-of-sale system aimed at supporting smaller retailers, announced the launch of its iPad-based POS product featuring eCommerce functionality at Startup San Diego yesterday (June 15). “Imagine being able...
Convenience has made digital wallets the fastest-growing payment method in the U.S. and influences users to spend more than nonusers, yet only 57% of small businesses offer digital wallet payments to their customers. This edition of the “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, examines how payment providers can help merchants overcome preconceptions about security, complexity and technology to stay on top of the trend.
