Every payments executive with a mobile payments app that he/she wants to put in market wants to know the answer to the million (or perhaps billion) dollar question: What will make consumers use it regularly? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
In a strong first quarter that produced a 17 percent net income increase to $1 billion, MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga focused his comments during the company’s call with analysts on key payments metrics as it continues down its path to global expansion with its growing merchant base....
B2B payments firm AribaPay has secured a sizable amount of attention in the industry, but when the firm won not one, but two Innovation Project 2014 awards last month, we knew we had to dig deeper into how this company is changing the landscape. That’s why...
The good news is that Internet users are getting smarter. Compared to 2013, individuals today are less likely to fall for common phishing scams—from unsolicited emails to social media invites. The bad news: attackers have also become more sophisticated, and they have shifted their focus...
It’s been a deluge of Apple news so far this week since the company disclosed its second quarter earnings. The iPhone remained the tech giant’s all-star, but investor attention also weighed heavily on the Apple Watch, which became available last Friday (April 24). Get the...
Beacons are about to be the next big thing – if the Internet is to be believed. Google “beacons are coming” and there are 11 articles from separate sources that use that phrase. Whose beacons? Which type? Using what tech? What use can merchants best...
The problem with handcuffing a mobile wallet to an operating system (or hardware set) is it that it makes getting to scale among both consumers and merchants really, really hard. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
For Samsung, the good news is that Samsung Pay is on track and its just-out-this-month Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone is selling out. But that didn’t help its Q1 earnings, which plunged 39 percent as the company sold more less-expensive smartphones and the bottom dropped out...
Thanks to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has just reported its best second quarter earnings in the company’s history. Indeed, the iPhone snagged the majority of the spotlight during Apple’s Q2 earnings calls Monday evening (April 27). An influx of sales led...
