Hospital executives are seeing improvements in the economy, but they also continue to feel pressure to improve the efficiency with their facilities, a new survey report shows. To help address cost management, many are becoming interested in partnering with public and private payers in risk-based...
The conventional wisdom is that banks don’t care about small-businesses. However, as more competition has entered the field, and more banking functions are being offered at lower cost with more attention, bankers are taking notice across the U.S. and in Europe. Will big banks be...
The slow path to digital wallets ignition has caused some in the business to say that they’re all but dead and more or less the payments equivalent of the Edsel. Fact or just a case of underestimating the slog that is ignition in payments? MPD...
Ecosystems rule and one need not look further than Apple to see the powerful innovation that they can unleash. MPD CEO Karen Webster goes deep with three key stakeholders in the new Ignite Payments ecosystem designed to unleash entirely new sources of value to merchants....
MasterCard announced that it has released its Ukash Travel Money Prepaid card designed to give UK tourists the best possible foreign exchange rate this summer, according to a company release. Launched by Ukash, a payments innovator, there are no charges for sign-up, transactions, or ATM...
According to a recent survey by Aite Group, 70 percent of the credit cards in the U.S. will be EMV-enabled by next year. Additionally, 45 percent of U.S. debit cards will have the EMV technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
As of January 2015, e-invoicing will be mandatory for all public sector payments in Spain, or business-to-government payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
First Data Corporation, a payment technology and services solutions provider announced earlier this week that it had debuted new cloud-based software that uses big data behind payment transactions to help small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) monitor key business metrics affecting their company. Additionally, it...
Successful fleet management is hardly a simple task, especially with evolving technologies and mandates across the U.S. about the need for “green” fueling options. So, what can managers do to ensure that they’re getting a true bang for their buck, while also keeping company information...
