
Walmart got the entire financial services industry buzzing last week with its Walmart-2-Walmart domestic P2P play. But what everyone forgot to focus...

The Fed issued its update recently on the state of the mobile US landscape two years after its Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup...

Actions in the aftermath of the recent merchant data breaches have demonstrated the potential dangers that extend beyond simply not improving payments-data...

LevelUp raised a lot of eyebrows in 2012 when it said that moving money should be free and that its mission was...

Consumers aren’t likely to be loyal to any one brand, companies that spend more on loyalty programs aren’t as profitable as companies...

Ever wish it were as easy as having a pair of Ruby Red slippers to get where you want to be? In...

The Fed’s new mobile survey data contains a treasure trove of information on how mobile payments and digital wallets are doing. To...

Richard Clarke's assessment of the state of cybercrime in the U.S. started quite the conversation at The Innovation Project. So much of...

Uh oh. More bad news for the banks. And this time it doesn’t come from the regulators. The source of bad news...
I had the chance to visit with Mike Passilla recently to get the scoop on the Chase Merchant Services (CMS) Group he...

I feel like I’m back in school. In preparing for The Innovation Project’s lead off session with Professor Michael Porter, the father...
"Cyberattacks are likely to eclipse terrorism as a domestic danger over the next decade. … That’s where the bad guys go. There...

A deep dive into mobile payments. PYMMNTS Summer School Karen Webster Opening Keynote from PYMNTS.com
Today, the nattering nabobs of bitcoin negativity are smugly pointing to mounting evidence that Bitcoin is just one big bubble on its...

03 March 2014 We’re T-minus two weeks and a few days until the March 19 kick off of Innovation Project 2014. It’s...
05 March 2014 Maybe not the question that our Congressional men and women are discussing today in DC, but one that’s on...

T-Mobile is hitting back at charges that it’s entering the banking business. A senior T-Mobile official spoke with American Banker, saying in...

The idea that a new website or app can undermine years of careful messaging may be deeply frustrating to marketers – but...

How to make mobile commerce a profitable and worth while opportunity

Intense competition from online and mobile channels, pricing pressures and shrinking margins, high fixed costs, changing customer demographics, and eroding revenue opportunities....

Several companies are exploring the idea of offering insurance on Bitcoin holdings. A central criticism of Bitcoin is that Bitcoin wallets are...

A new study has determined that the iPhone 5s consumes the most data on average compared with a diverse selection of other...
The idea that a new website or app can undermine years of careful messaging may be deeply frustrating to marketers - but...

Intense competition from online and mobile channels, pricing pressures and shrinking margins, high fixed costs, changing customer demographics, and eroding revenue opportunities....
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I had the chance to host a Mobile Insiders Series discussion on loyalty and payments on Friday, and the conversation was really...

Cardinal Commerce has much in store for customers in 2014. Chief among its plans is a dashboard tool that will enable merchants...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...

It goes without saying that the recent data breaches at some of the major U.S. retailers, including Target and Neiman Marcus, have...
Someone once said that even number years are always better than odd number years. If that’s true then 2014 has a lot...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...
To paraphrase the immortal words of Yogi Berra, predictions are really hard, especially when they’re about the future. That’s why we’ve made...

Despite the rise of big data, the cloud and the countless other electronic innovations looking to tap into our collective brainpower, predictions...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...
Developing Your Payments Sixth Sense Psychologists have recently acknowledged that something commonly referred to as “the sixth sense” really does exist. Some...
For any of you who might still question my assertion that traditional advertising and loyalty businesses will soon be pushing up daisies,...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...
If you want a peek at what’s to come at Apple with the addition of Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as its new...
Strategic planning season is in full swing in payments! And, the land grab for data and projections on everything from consumer spending...
I think I mentioned in an article a while back that I have this odd fascination with old advertising- early turn-of-the-century stuff...
The month of November was ushered in by the Red Sox World Series Parade of Champions in Boston (did I mention that...
Bitcoin isn’t usually something that I write about. And, trust me, after my colleague did a few weeks ago and was all...
Everybody knows the ancient story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. “Open Sesame” were the magic words that opened a cave...
I think it’s pretty safe to say that the “traditional” advertising and loyalty ecosystems are dying a slow death and should probably...
I think it’s pretty safe to say that the “traditional” advertising and loyalty ecosystems are dying a slow death and should probably...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...
2014 PYMNTS Innovator Award Nominations Open Today - The Innovation Project, March 19-20, 2014 Hello everyone! On behalf of PYMNTS.com and our...
A couple of things that happened in the mobile commerce space last week jogged a memory about the relationship between the level...
Welcome to What's Trending In Payments - a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had...