Healthcare billing is anything but simple. Among complexities, the billing cycle varies in length, meaning it can be very difficult to know when money is going to be due from payers or available to payees. Sorting that out presents a major problem for managers and...
What is the value of a bitcoin? This is not a metaphysical question about the nature and purpose of digitally backed currency, in fact it is very straightforward—in U.S. Dollars, what is a bitcoin worth? The answer has been far less straightforward, since until now...
Mobile wallets are on the rise, and consumers are being given a wide variety of choices when downloading them to their devices. However, according to a TSYS white paper released today, consumers are still hesitant to replace their cards with these mobile wallets. What’s causing...
Earlier in the month, ROAM was the highest-ranking mPOS terminal vendor within ABI Research’s mPOS Competitive Assessment. A major part of the company’s strategy is to sell to continue to sell to a particular market without limiting themselves to other opportunities. Get the Full Story...
Several e-commerce startups, including GrabTaxi, a ridesharing startup in Southeast Asia, highlight this week’s Startup Roundup.
There is an old adage in the construction industry – “fast, good or cheap: pick two,” that could easily be adopted to the B2B payments industry – “secure, frictionless, or cost effective- pick two.” In the B2B space, where buyers and suppliers need each other...
Credit card interest rates are on the rise, but so are the rewards issuers are offering cardholders. In fact, a lot of the terms today heavily favor cardholders. But don’t expect consumers to turn to credit card cash-advances any time soon. Those fees are way...
Consumers on average spend nearly three hours a day on their mobile devices. Whereas only a few years ago mobile Web browsing consumed much of that time, apps now control the mobile experience – even more so than just a year ago, according to an...
Trolls aren’t just those so-ugly-they’re-cute creates that live under bridges in fairy tales. Patent trolls hide in the background waiting for the day that an innovator launches something new, besieging them with claims of patent infringement, many of which end up being erroneous. It cost...
