New research shows the duties of procurement staffs evolving, with ever-more responsibilities over supply risk management in coordination with various other departments within their company. Most firms, however, haven’t caught up with the times, leaving CPOs and their staffs with basic risk-management tools. PYMNTS.com takes...
JP Morgan Chase is reportedly trying again to patent a system for a Bitcoin alternative, according to columnist Ian Allison in the International Business Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
PayPal is considering rolling the dice on the online gambling marketplace. According to reports first published in Online Poker Report’s daily news letter, and followed-up on Twitter, sources have told OPR’s Chris Grove that PayPal is investigating a return to processing payments in the U.S....
A Russian national has been indicted for a series of cyber attacks against financial institutions (including Chase Bank, Capital One, Citibank and the Boeing Employees’ Credit Union) and retail POS in the U.S., as well as for running various carding forums that resold payment card...
TSYS announced yesterday that it released its Enterprise Tokenization solution to secure payment card information for online, mobile, and digital wallet transactions, according to a company release.
PYMNTS Summer School 2014 kicked off yesterday featuring a slew of engaging discussions on the evolution of retail, on the retail business model and what needs fixing, and on a live case study on ShopRunner, during which attendees analyzed the company while ShopRunner CEO Scott...
Prepaid programs have long been criticized for its hidden and excessive fees, the “cost of doing business” with a customer base that is subject to lots of churn and requires a lot of customer service. Patricia McPeak, i2c’s VP of Products, acknowledges that the industry...
Amazon on Wednesday (Aug. 13) introduced its own mPOS package—to be called Amazon Local Register—and focused on the tune it knows that SMB retailers want to hear: lower merchant fees than Square and PayPal Here. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Preparing to leverage its success in the taxicab arena, Uber is preparing a public API that would allow developers to throw a similar “request button” on an unlimited number of apps, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Aug. 12). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
