March 04, 2015
MasterCard Delivers Mobile Banking Innovation To Africa
What’s the fastest growing mobile money market in the world? Africa. So much so that smartphone penetration across the continent is expected double in just four years - increasing from...
February 23, 2015
Mobile Payments’ Red Carpet
Who’s Walking Mobile Payments’ Red Carpet? Let’s face it; you don’t have to see a single movie nominated for an Oscar to love the Oscars. The real reason that...
February 13, 2015
Bitcoin Strikes For The Gold Standard
When people say someone is as “rich as Croesus,” they’re talking of to a time (B.C. time) when gold was first starting to be used as a currency. A time...
February 02, 2015
The Nuts And Bolts Of Earnings Season
We don’t know about you, but we think that the payments earnings season, so far, has given us all a ringside seat into the future of our business and how...
January 30, 2015
Taking On A Newer, Broader Payments Acquiring Space
Over the last decade, the acquiring space has endured significant, fast-paced changes – for one, buyers have become much more informed. And with origination, ease of use, availability, access and...
January 29, 2015
Major Banks Cashing In On Apple Pay Potential
On Jan. 22, 1984, Apple ran a commercial during the third quarter of the Super Bowl that helped define its brand, teasing to the release of the Apple Computer Macintosh that ended...
January 08, 2015
Recap: CES 2015 Taps Into Device-Driven Consumer
The combination of mobile devices, apps and the imagination of innovators delivers exciting new opportunities for consumers and commerce to be connected like never before. And the latest and greatest...
January 03, 2015
PYMNTS By The Numbers
Welcome to 2015! With no more gifts to unwrap, champagne to drink or general festivities to take part in, there’s nothing left than to say good-bye to 2014 and get...
December 16, 2014
The Roadmap For Keeping U.S. Payments Secure
The U.S. Payments Security Task Force (PST) was established earlier this year and dared to go where no task force has ever gone before: it has created a roadmap for...