There is an old adage in the construction industry – “fast, good or cheap: pick two,” that could easily be adopted to the B2B payments industry – “secure, frictionless, or cost effective- pick two.” In the B2B space, where buyers and suppliers need each other...
In Part Two of this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer, Ed McLaughlin gives Karen Webster the view from his perch on who’s doing the most game-changing stuff in mobile, which represent the biggest opportunity of all and where the “white spaces” are that...
The key to running a successful prepaid program in any market globally is to develop profitable and ethical business practices,something Amit Sethi dubs “market-appropriate” business models. And innovation plays a big part in this said Sethi, the co-chairman of the Prepaid International Forum India and...
As point-of-sale processing evolves to include enhanced technology, including tablets and sophisticated POS software, many acquirers and independent sales organizations have found themselves being disintermediated by newer market players. A new Payment Apps marketplace tablet vendor Leaf is announcing today provides a means for them...
Welcome to our PYMNTS.com Podcast Page. Here, we gather the industry’s thought leaders, those debuting new and robust solutions, influencing the industry’s emerging topics and pulling the micro-trends together to form cutting–edge strategies for exclusive interviews and candid talks that span the world of payments....
Use of mobile devices instead of cards to facilitate point-of-sale transaction is a goal that continues to challenge industry players seeking to make it happen. An upcoming TSYS white paper will examine the issues affecting mobile wallets and what the industry must do to address...
In her commentary column in the March 24 PYMNTS newsletter, Market Platform Dynamics’ CEO Karen Webster asked whether now is the time to hit the pause button on EMV. She’s not alone in sharing that view, as more payments-industry insiders are wondering whether the push for...
Americans can take online shopping for granted because it is so ubiquitous. Almost any legal good or service is available to them with nothing more than the click of a button. eCommerce is not so easy in many other parts of the world, however. In...
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...
