December 03, 2009
Square Aims at Mobilizing Payments
Once again the silicon valley is abuzz with talk about the new project from one of its heroes, but will Square, meet expectations? A decade ago with the advent of...
December 03, 2009
Should We Ban Credit Cards? The Radical Policies Advocated by...
In the previous two entries in this series I introduced you to the field of behavioral economics and then described some of the empirical work and insights from this new...
December 02, 2009
5 Questions on Holiday Spending: eBillme’s Samer Forzley
For this year’s Briefing Room on Holiday Shopping, PYMNTS.com asked eBillme’s Vice President of Marketing, Samer Forzley, to offer his holiday shopping predections and to share what’s next for eBillme....
November 27, 2009
Holiday Shopping
SpendingPulse 2009 Holiday Wrap-Up ReportMasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales, today provided summary results for the holiday shopping season. 5 Questions on Holiday Spending:...
November 24, 2009
David S. Evans interviews MagTek CSO Tom Patterson on Security...
Paying with Plastic author talks with security expert Tom Patterson, CSO of MagTek, on the challenges that ecommerce faces today and what the innovations are being made to securing payment...
November 16, 2009
Power to the People at the Point of Sale
mFoundry’s SVP of Wallet & Payments Jon Squire discusses how his company is driving innovation at the POS through initiatives where coffee giant, Starbucks, became the first company to launch...
November 13, 2009
What’s Next with VIVOtech: An Interview with Mohammad Khan
ViVOtech is the leading end-to-end enabler of next generation mobile payments, loyalty, and marketing solutions. ViVOtech provides Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payment solutions, mobile marketing and loyalty applications software,...
November 11, 2009
Innovations at the POS
What’s Next with Apriva: An interview with EVP Bill Clark Founded in 1999, Apriva is the leading wireless solutions provider integrating the hardware, software and network infrastructure required to develop...
November 09, 2009
The Invisible Engine Wars: Amazon and PayPal’s App Strategy; Will...
Amazon and PayPal have both announced aggressive efforts to persuade developers to use their payment technologies. Each of them has opened up a gateway into their payment platforms. They are...
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.
