Au revoir, 2016! It’s been nice knowing you. For Auld Lang Syne and all that. As PYMNTS puts away our party noisemakers until next year and throws out our novelty New Year eyeglasses, never to be worn again, we realize that the time is nigh...
After fruitful trials in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a larger launch in Europe this year, Mastercard is now unveiling Identity Check Mobile to Latin America. The first two countries in the region to receive it are Brazil and Mexico. The...
Vending machines may get a makeover now that Byte Foods, a startup that makes so-called smart vending machines, raised $5.5 million in seed funding, According to a report in TechCrunch, the San Rafael, CA-based startup will use the proceeds of the funding to build awareness...
Ring out the old — rent checks. Ring in the new — digital rent payments. For the latest Developer Tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Bruce Dragt of YapStone about how mobile is changing the rental payments game for both landlords and tenants. Find that, along with...
The Aadhaar payment app, another part of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to establish a cashless society, was launched this week and allows customers to make free transactions across the banking system via Android mobile devices. Merchants are enabled to accept payment from any customers...
Argon Credit, the Chicago online lender, reportedly filed for bankruptcy protection last week, with negative implications for Ranger Direct Lending Fund of the U.K. According to a report, Argon Credit cofounder and Chief Executive Raviv Wolfe said in the bankruptcy filing that liquidity woes cause...
Those looking to spend a little green at popular salad chain Sweetgreen may be disappointed over the coming year. Sweetgreen announced it will no longer accept cash in its 64 store locations, with a goal to go full cashless in 2017. “Cash has become such...
CashStar, the provider of prepaid commerce solutions, announced Wednesday (Dec. 21) it inked deals with two companies to bring digital gift cards to consumers. In one announcement, CashStar revealed that OpenSky, the online marketplace, is now offering digital gift cards to consumers for the first time...
What do Steven Tyler, Audrey Hepburn and holiday shoppers have in commmon? They all are known to wear scarves. Card Cutters recently launched a scarf with contactless payment technology. Wrapping the wearer up and keeping them warm, the scarf has a chip placed at one...