Many consumers have returned to using cash, driven by fear of using payment cards that merchants might let get compromised with insufficient protections. As the amount of cash they handle increases, a new survey report suggests merchants in turn should work to improve their cash-handling...
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Several interesting dynamics are shaping the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) ecosystem and setting the market up for significant growth in 2014. As shown in the most recent MPOS Tracker, sponsored by ROAM, key events in January set the stage for what’s to become the rest of the year....
The market for general-purpose reloadable cards is maturing, and the age-defining changes are putting a new image on the prepaid market. Yet various issues also persist, including insufficient regulation that could be putting cardholders at risk, according to a new report. Get the Full Story...
“Cyberattacks are likely to eclipse terrorism as a domestic danger over the next decade. … That’s where the bad guys go. There are no safe neighborhoods. All of us are neighbors online.” – FBI Director James Comey, The Guardian Get the Full Story Complete the...
There’s so much data influencing the industry today that it can be hard to stay on top of everything. PYMNTS.com’s Friday Factoids are the perfect solution for innovators, entrepreneurs or observers trying to keep up with all the latest information. Get the Full Story Complete...
Today, the nattering nabobs of bitcoin negativity are smugly pointing to mounting evidence that Bitcoin is just one big bubble on its way to becoming something pretty itsy-bitsy. With prices flopping between $1,100, $500, $900, and then below $100, all in the space of a...
At the risk of stepping into a hornet’s nest, I’m following up my first commentary on JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s commercial prepaid exit with another related article. This time it is prompted by Fitch’s recent analysis of the general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid market and the implications...
Mobile phones can do more than enable a consumer to buy something anytime, anywhere and with any payment method. They actually can be used to make payments smarter, which can make them more secure. These devices, with their operating systems, internet connectivity, apps, front and...
