December 09, 2014
The Year That Many Missed: 2014 Mobile Payment Predictions
About a year ago, the pundits said that 2014 was going to be the year of mobile payments. Again. And, nine months into the year, it felt like 2014 was...
December 09, 2014
How MasterCard Will Bring Financial Services To East Africa
There is no shortage of efforts to bring financial inclusion to those in developing economies who lack access to basic financial services. Most have failed for one very important reason...
November 27, 2014
Apple Pay, By The Day
Hard to believe it was just 30 days ago that Apple Pay officially launched and even harder to believe how different the ecosystem is today as opposed to what it...
November 10, 2014
Why Apple Pay Needs Merchants More Than Merchants Need Apple...
There are three things that I think we’d all agree are irrefutable outcomes of the launch of Apple Pay. Apple Pay has dominated just about conversation about mobile payments since...
October 31, 2014
When’s A Token Not A Token?
There are three things that consumers, merchants, issuers and card networks all want from a payments experience: that it be secure, that it be easy to use and that it...
October 30, 2014
Visa’s Apple Pay Share
If Visa’s focus on its digital marketplace wasn’t clear before, CEO Charles Scharf made it clear during Wednesday’s (Oct. 29) earnings call. Its role in the digital marketplace also involves its...
October 22, 2014
Citi’s New B2B Analytics Suite
Citi has introduced Citi Integrated Payables Solutions, a suite of B2B analytics, advisory and payment services. The idea behind the program is that it uses “proprietary algorithms and rules to...
October 16, 2014
Citibank Launches Citi Integrated Payables
Citi has announced the launch of Citi Integrated Payables Solutions, a combination of payment and analytics services that will help organizations optimize their supply chains. The services included in the...
September 25, 2014
How Mobile Imaging Improves Accounts Receivables
The Magic of the Camera Phone in Mobile Payments Anyone who has ever taken a picture of a check, credit card or license in order to process a payment or...