Even amid EMV, SMBS were slow to grab onto new payments technologies. But growing fraud and POS mobile payments may help light a fire under even the most reticent payments professionals.
Sidecar will ride no more. The on-demand car service that looked to challenge rivals in the same space — most notably Uber, as well as Lyft — will cease most (but not all) operations at the end of 2015. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Dec. 29) that the...
Alibaba-backed Indian payments startup Paytm has big expectations when it comes to the use of its mobile wallet in 2016. The company’s founder, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, revealed a prediction that its customers will add nearly $500 million to Paytm’s mobile wallets next year, representing a...
Understanding what it takes to be an innovator can only be done one way: by talking with leaders of companies whose sole focus is to set the pace for their industry. As part of PYMNTS.com’s CEO series, we spoke with Alex Choi, President and CEO of BBPOS Limited,...
PayPal has found that the gift that keeps on giving — that is, charity — has been growing across mobile, to the tune of double digit percentage gains in the most recent data compiled through the holiday season. In a press release from the company...
Though Apple Pay got a lot of attention when it launched, it has had a hard time so far holding on to all that consumer interest. In fact, as PYMNTS and InfoScout’s reports on Apple Pay adoption have indicated time and time again, while consumers...
It’s the Holy Grail – or Nirvana – of payments. Mobile transactions that sail through smoothly even amid the rising threat of CNP fraud, keeping issuers, merchants and customers happy. Here’s how one Ankur Karer, of CA Technologies, sees technology moving issuers toward payments enlightenment.
The ride-hailing investment space is heating up and from some more interesting players in recent months. The latest to throw his name in the space is Saudi Arabia’s Prince al-Waleed bin Talal through his firm Kingdom Holding Co., which will be investing $104.9 million of a $247.7 million round...
As the inexorable movement to online shopping continues, malls are taking it on the chin, especially as evidenced by the holiday shopping season. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the last few days before Christmas saw a boost in Web ordering, as shoppers strained delivery...
