To commemorate the one-year anniversary of our MPOS Tracker, a monthly report designed to organize the mPOS ecosystem and sponsored by ROAM, we’ve released a new infographic that illustrates how the mPOS sector has exploded from its inception in 2012 to today. In just over...
There’s an ongoing debate raging in the point-of-sale (POS) sector, in conference halls and boardrooms, and it’s fault line lies on the rapid technological developments that have upended the sector in recent years. Both sides agree advances in the cloud and software will impact the...
Consumers and merchants need to change – That’s the drumbeat and mobile payments players are marching to it. To most experts, this is the core issue, and it’s simple. Mobile payments is a chicken-and-egg problem that just can’t be cracked. But, what these observers may...
“We can clearly tell the hype behind many of the mobile wallets out there. We can gauge the adoption based on the demand we are receiving from merchants – and it is not there. Most of it is clearly hype.” Henry Helgeson, CEO of Merchant...
As consumers, we’ve come to expect the best, fastest and most personalized service, no ifs, ands or buts about it. The latest Harris Interactive data reveals that consumers are increasingly inclined to frequent restaurants that create this kind of customer-first experience. More Americans – 64...
You probably haven’t heard of the punch-card picture phone. But in 1961, AT&T’s engineers were convinced it was the next great innovation in banking. The invention proceeded picture messaging by nearly half a century, and allowed banks and consumers to share documents with the ease...
Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s 2013 CEO Series: a quick and concise glimpse into the minds of the leaders of the payments industry and how they view innovation, change and growth. We’ll ask each top exec the same six questions about the payments industry to gauge who...
What can mobile devices do to improve the top line at QSRs? Plenty. From shortening wait times to powering new lines of business to serving as back up technology, mobile devices – and the enabling platforms that power them – are opening a new world of options...
George Wallner had nothing left to prove in payments. After his run as the founder and CEO of Hypercom, which became one of the leading POS providers in the world, Wallner was enjoying his retirement. And as the man credited with inventing magnetic stripe transmission...
