The first week of June began with probably the biggest sizzle-y story of all: the unveiling of the 12 new skills that 14 companies across payments taught Alexa. Companies as large as Visa, Discover, FIS, Fiserv, Vantiv and Western Union, and diverse and scrappy as...
On August 15, 2012, MCX threw its hat into the mobile payments market ring when a group of retailers banded together to create its own, mobile-only, merchant-centric payments network. Nearly four long and painful years later, on June 28, 2016, the experiment that was MCX and CurrentC...
While most Americans were probably ready to focus on a news event other than the presidential election, the tragic events of the EgyptAir crash were certainly not the way anyone wanted to get there. And it is with sadness that PYMNTS notes the international aviation tragedy, and our thoughts go out to...
Today, the mobile payments field has been reduced by one. A statement released by MCX CEO Brian Mooney late yesterday (May 16), via their PR rep, said that MCX and its CurrentC mobile payments product is folding its tent. The decision, said the written statement,...
June 13, 2016
The news cycle has apparently not yet gotten the memo about summer being the slow season. Some of the news was inspiring: “Hamilton” winning all of the Tonys last night (and convincing millions of Americans to actually watch the Tonys). Some of the news was tragic: the senseless shooting in Orlando. Some of the news […]
June 10, 2016
The first week of June began with probably the biggest sizzle-y story of all: the unveiling of the 12 new skills that 14 companies across payments taught Alexa. Companies as...
June 09, 2016
On August 15, 2012, MCX threw its hat into the mobile payments market ring when a group of retailers banded together to create its own, mobile-only, merchant-centric payments network. Nearly four long and painful years later, on June 28, 2016, the experiment that was MCX and CurrentC will come to an end. Users’ accounts will no longer work […]
May 17, 2016
Today, the mobile payments field has been reduced by one. A statement released by MCX CEO Brian Mooney late yesterday (May 16), via their PR rep, said that MCX and...
October 20, 2015
A recent news release from Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) on Friday (Oct. 16) gave another indication that CurrentC is getting closer to launch. MCX announced it was adding Buy It Mobility Networks’ (BIM)...
September 21, 2015
Best Buy confirmed with Quartz late last week that it has begun testing its checkout systems for NFC compatibility, opening the door for contactless payments like Apple Pay and Android...
