Through discussions with experts, major stakeholders and industry players both far and wide, PYMNTS has compiled an in-depth evaluation addressing the future of tokenization and how far reaching its impacts may be across the payments landscape.
Just about a year ago, Angela Ahrendts captivated both the retail and tech press by her very high-profile decision to leave the CEO-ship at Burberry and take the helm of Apple’s retail efforts. Ahrendts, during her tenure at Burberry, was regarded as a digital retail...
Coming out of the All-Star game last weekend, it is surprising that the curveball of the week didn’t come out of baseball. In fact, it didn’t even get pitched in the United States. No, this week in an epic fit of Apple being Apple, Cupertino...
How do you spell “offline marketing remains a viable method of reaching consumers despite the near-ubiquity of online commerce?” It’s P-A-R-B-U-N-K-E-L-L-S. A New York artist proved it, and she’s got the industry talking.
Cutting branches, shifting departments and adapting to customers moving to mobile banking seems to be the main themes for major banks in 2015. And remarks from Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan during the company’s second-quarter earnings call showed once again that customer preference toward more self-service...
Those of us who spend most of our time watching the payments and commerce ecosystem can end up with a somewhat distorted perception of time. When the majority of what one looks at is what’s next, it can be easy to start getting a little...
When payments pundits start talking mobile payments, there’s always two hot topics that are top of mind: biometrics and authentication. Authentication, of course, has always been the “hot-off-the-press” type of buzzword that industry experts have debated. This includes the best methods — and technologies — to...
The EMV migration remains a hot topic throughout the payments ecosystem, raising question about customer adoption and production fulfillment. PYMNTS sat down with Blake Barker, Group Executive of Output Services at TSYS, to discuss the company’s new Chip Card on Demand manufacturing service and...
Banks in Greece remain closed for the second week in a row — a measure that could extend into early next week — but Western Union is back in business. But with restrictions. Western Union announced today (July 7) that it has reactivated its Direct to Bank service...
