One man, two very big hats. As the social media and payments worlds (and much of the rest of the globe) know by now, Jack Dorsey has been appointed the permanent chief executive of Twitter. The move leaves Square, the other company Dorsey runs as...
Last week, the movers and shakers of the commercial card sector struck new deals and partnerships for government, fleet, and T&E. Commercial cards were all about helping other businesses bump up the sophistication of their payments technologies – and security measures – through the power...
Invoice automation and big data are hot trends in today’s world of accounts payable. But while automating the capture of data from an invoice can streamline the payments and reconciliation process, it can also be a catalyst for disaster when the data that is collected...
There’s got to be an app for that — but are consumers really engaged? That’s the million-dollar question on the digital economy docket today. And it’s at the center of comScore’s latest research report about the impact of mobile on driving digital media usage. We...
Forget the days of voice plans and ‘roaming’ charges. Today’s corporate traveler need video, e-mail, and a slew of data in the field – and needs to track expenses, along with admin, in real time too.
Everyone has a friend or family member who can turn even the simplest restaurant order into a Herculean ordeal. The person who goes to McDonald’s and orders a Big Mac, only to ask for substitutions for a full half of the components, the cousin who...
The economy is all about ups and downs, and in the world of B2B, those fluctuations give rise (and fall) to some interesting patterns. Last week there were peaks and valleys in the areas of B2B mobility, small business lending and supplier payment timelines, and...
Hurricane Joaquin may have weakened substantially as it made its way up the East Coast this weekend, but the torrent of news that was payments and commerce last week was anything but sparing. As always, the Data Dive is ready to refresh you about everything...
EMV and chip and pin are the big stories now. But a recent set of guidelines from the PCI Security Standards Council serves as a reminder that planning and prevention can trump technology – and that complacency can be a real threat to payments security.
