Bitcoin Tracker Week 22
Bitcoin Tracker Week 22
May 02, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Tencent and others have joined The People's Bank of China and banned accountholders from engaging in Bitcoin-related activity. That caused the price of bitcoin to...

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FIS Reports Increase in Revenue and Plans for EMV and Mobile Customers
FIS Reports Increase in Revenue and Plans for EMV and Mobile Customers
May 02, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

FIS is starting 2014 with a strong quarter and is making plans to serve under-banked mobile customers.

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Is The Market Share Party Over for Samsung?
Is The Market Share Party Over for Samsung?
May 02, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Hmm. While overall smartphone shipments jumped 33 percent for first three months of the year, competition from second-tier smartphone providers cut into industry leader Samsung’s...

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FleetCor Pumps Up Q1 Revenue
FleetCor Pumps Up Q1 Revenue
May 02, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Fuel card provider FleetCor announced two international deals while reporting strong first quarter earnings at market close yesterday. One of the deals, involving Shell in...

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Western Union’s Business Solutions a Q1 Stand-out
Western Union’s Business Solutions a Q1 Stand-out
May 02, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Western Union had a mixed first quarter in 2014, reporting both a drop in net profits but an uptick in revenue in 2014. The Colorado-based...

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Foursquare Bets Big, Splits In Two
Foursquare Bets Big, Splits In Two
May 02, 2014  |  News

Until now, the point of Foursquare has more or less been to allow people to check-in to locations and find out what locations their friends...

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PayPal, MyCheck Team-Up Makes Settling-Up While Eating Out Easy
PayPal, MyCheck Team-Up Makes Settling-Up While Eating Out Easy
May 02, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Every day, countless brunches, lunches and dinners with friends are spoiled when a group of ostensibly intelligent people suddenly realize that they do not know...

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Blackhawk Launches Virtual Gift Cards for Smartphones in Canada
Blackhawk Launches Virtual Gift Cards for Smartphones in Canada
May 02, 2014  |  International

The application allows customers to safely store eligible payment and gift cards on their smartphones and make purchases directly from the phone by simply holding...

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PayPal Joins MyCheck to Allow Mobile Users to Pay and Split Bills When Dining
PayPal Joins MyCheck to Allow Mobile Users to Pay and Split Bills When Dining
May 02, 2014  |  Mobile

With the restaurant app, consumers will have multiple options to pay right at the table.

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