Digital Cash news and trends

Mezu: What It Would Take To Replace Cash
Payment Methods // June 14, 2018

When Yuval Brisker landed in Tel Aviv for a family function, he didn’t have time to stop at a bank and exchange money before hopping in a taxi. At the end of the ride, neither the driver nor the rider wanted to be responsible for...

 For Faster Payments, Fiat Done Digitally?  
Digital Payments // March 12, 2018

Cryptos get all the press, but there are better ways for faster and more secure payments – and better ways to reach the unbanked populations around the globe.  Nanopay’s CEO Laurence Cooke tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that digital fiat holds promise when it comes to...

Amazon Tracker: Where The Customers Are
Amazon // September 01, 2017

Amazon is meeting its customers where they are. In the U.K., the eCommerce giant is letting shoppers load up their accounts using cash, and in the U.S., it’s leveraging that new partnership with Whole Foods to make picking up or returning Amazon goods even easier...

Amazon Tracker: Slashing Prices On Echoes And Avocados
Retail // August 25, 2017

A Toast To Lower Avocado Toast Prices Good news for the housing market: After Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods is finalized on Monday, avocado prices will be coming down. With all that extra money they would have been spending on avocado toast, millennials will surely...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mezu: What It Would Take To Replace Cash

June 14, 2018
When Yuval Brisker landed in Tel Aviv for a family function, he didn’t have time to stop at a bank and exchange money before hopping in a taxi. At the end of the ride, neither the driver nor the rider wanted to be responsible for giving, receiving or holding onto the kind of personal information […]

 For Faster Payments, Fiat Done Digitally?  

March 12, 2018
Cryptos get all the press, but there are better ways for faster and more secure payments – and better ways to reach the unbanked populations around the globe.  Nanopay’s CEO...

PayPal And Celebrating The Wonders Of Friendship

August 05, 2017
Friendship is one of life’s great pleasures, even if it does get the short end of the stick on occasion compared to romantic love. And love certainly has done wonderful...

Quick Reads
Hackers Using ‘Supply Chain Attacks’ to Access Multiple Targets

July 20, 2023
Hackers are increasingly employing “supply chain attacks” that give them access to multiple targets. In these hacks, cybercriminals compromise software or service providers to steal data or money from users downstream, Tom Hegel, senior threat researcher at computer network and security firm SentinelOne, told Reuters in a report published Thursday (July 20). One recent example is one in which […]