The mPOS market is sort of splitting in two: tablet solutions that replace traditional point-of-sale devices, and smartphone solutions that enable card acceptance where it didn’t exist before. The February 2014 MPOS Tracker provides some new insights about who’s doing what where and profiles a...
“Why don’t we just leapfrog over EMV and go right to mobile?” That’s just one of the questions that MPD CEO Karen Webster posed to MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer Ed McLaughlin in Part Three of this Four Part Mobile Insiders Series. Don’t you want...
In a tight credit market and fragile economy there are still a lot of things that the FI and payments community can do to help SMBs succeed. Eugene DeSilva, MasterCard’s Group Head responsible for the Global SME Segment within the Global Commercial Products Group, tells...
Several Russian banks were recently denied services by Visa and MasterCard, and now the general public is concerned about the country’s financial situation, according to RIA Novosti. The Russian Central Bank has now invited the country’s banks and payment platforms to help find a new...
Developed and emerging markets are heading down two different paths when it comes to consumer use of mPOS devices, according to ROAM’s CEO Ken Paull. In a recent podcast interview with Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster, Paull elaborated on these findings and what’s next...
In Part Two of this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer, Ed McLaughlin gives Karen Webster the view from his perch on who’s doing the most game-changing stuff in mobile, which represent the biggest opportunity of all and where the “white spaces” are that...
When 3-D Secure was first introduced in 2001, it was heralded as the perfect solution for online fraud. There was only one problem – consumers hated using it. More than a decade later, CA Technology, its originator, has evolved the solution to include state-of-the-art behavior-based...
The key to running a successful prepaid program in any market globally is to develop profitable and ethical business practices,something Amit Sethi dubs “market-appropriate” business models. And innovation plays a big part in this said Sethi, the co-chairman of the Prepaid International Forum India and...
Coupons.com Incorporated, digital coupon haven, now allows customers to add coupons directly to payment cards. “… we are really pleased to unveil our card linked service, which sets itself apart with ease of use, great offers and support for Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards....
