Tracker Series

Hmmm
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 24
May 16, 2014

From the bungled Bitcoin Foundation elections to a brand new $30M investment in bitcoin processing, this week was one of extremes for the B-all of cryptocurrencies. Get caught up.

Company Spotlight
Will Wallets Mobilize Mobile Point of Sale?
May 12, 2014

Go big or go home. Recent industry trends show that top mobile point-of-sale players are now fixated on distribution – gaining scale and volume by forming partnerships and enhancing their mPOS platforms. Many of these partnerships are taking shape thanks to the interest in integrating...

Hmmm
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 23
May 09, 2014

Bitcoins for payroll and campaign contributions - and prices still sub-$500. Get caught up on all of the Bitcoin news this week.

Controversial
Tracking the Evolution of Beacon
May 05, 2014

Apple redefined the word “beacon” in June of 2013 when it quietly unveiled a new proximity technology that enabled iOS devices to communicate with each other. It’s been a unending stream of innovation ever since as payments players rush to integrate it into their payments...

Cool
Mother’s Day Spending, Trillions of Dollars in Credit Card Processing, Privacy-Flexible Consumers…And Other Friday Factoids
May 02, 2014

Do you know… how many tens of millions of dollars Americans will spend on Mother’s Day this year? How many consumers will exchange personal information for a good deal? How many trillions of dollars the credit card industry will process this year? If not, keep...

Alternative Finances
Bitcoin Tracker Week 22
May 02, 2014

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 drop - The PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price Index can show you how much. Between that and a search to replace the...

Merchant Innovation
Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
April 25, 2014

Bitcoin traded in the in a fifty dollar range going from as low as about $450 and as high as $506, ending at $464 at about 7am EST on Friday. Our volatility index shows Bitcoin at a whopping 29 times more volatile than the euro....

Mobile Commerce
What Goes Down, Did Come Up
April 18, 2014

What a wild week! Bitcoin started at $402, went as high as $543 and ended at $486 at 6:30 am EST. It was 22 times more volatile than the dollar over the past 30 days. Jeff Bezos said "no" but a Texas AG said yes....

Company Spotlight
The March 2014 MPOS Tracker™
April 17, 2014

The mPOS market is sort of splitting in two: tablet solutions that replace traditional point-of-sale devices, and smartphone solutions that enable card acceptance where it didn’t exist before. The February 2014 MPOS Tracker provides some new insights about who’s doing what where and profiles a...