March 02, 2010
5 Burning Questions: ViVOtech’s Mohammad Khan
In this exclusive NEXTcast interview, ViVOtech’s President and Founder, Mohammad Khan answers five burning questions on “what’s next” with mobile payments. ViVOtech, a leading end-to-end enabler of next generation mobile...
March 01, 2010
Conduct-Specific Tests? How the FTC Can Reframe the Section 5...
Amanda Reeves, Feb 28, 2010 Over the last few years, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has awakened Section 5’s “unfair methods of competition” prong from its slumber and ignited a...
February 26, 2010
Distra Enables Payments Convergence with Universal Switch
Distra, a software provider at the heart of payments transformation, launched the Distra Universal Switch. The new offering marks the availability of real-time convergence and consolidation of payment types for...
February 25, 2010
Prepaid Cards: A Tool for Getting by or Getting Ahead?
Prepaid cards are useful for customers’ day-to-day money management needs, but are the cards helping them achieve larger financial goals? Meet Virginia, Ariel and Leo (the names used in...
February 25, 2010
Evans Study Cited in WSJ Lead Editorial
David S. Evans, frequent PYMNTS.com contributor and author of Paying with Plastic, was cited in today’s Wall Street Journal’s editorial for his influential work in opposition of the Consumer Financial...
February 24, 2010
Is Visa Becoming Serious about Mobile?
Visa‘s appointment of industry veteran Bill Gajda is an important signal, but structural challenges to innovation will have to be addressed. Ever since its Initial Public Offering prospectus Visa...
February 23, 2010
How TxVia is Modernizing Payments with Mass Customization
Anil D. Aggarwal is a proven entrepreneur with a consistent track record of creating and managing successful business ventures. He is a pioneer in network-based payment systems, bringing to market...
February 18, 2010
What’s Next for Gemalto at MWC 2010
A round-up of announcements of innovative products and solutions from Gemalto at Mobile World Congress 2010 Gemalto Teams with IBM to Deliver an Improved Identity Security Solution That Simplifies Authentication...
February 18, 2010
NFC and the Trough of Disillusionment
The announcement by the GSMA and its partners of another NFC demonstration pilot highlights how Near Field Communication is caught in the “trough of disillusionment.” Commerce innovators shouldn’t despair, the...