Mobile Commerce

Mobile Commerce
VeriFone Now Offering Handheld EMV Terminal, Adds ISO Sales Power
April 11, 2014

VeriFone Systems Inc. this week announced the launch of its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal, the VX 690, which features Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi connectivity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Another Week Of Rough Waters For Bitcoin
April 11, 2014

Deck: Spring just doesn’t seem to have spring just yet for the Bitcoin market, despite the plethora of news around Bitcoin. Innovators continue to be hopeful and a new Bitcoin debit card has come to market, but news from Australia and China has tempered the...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard’s View on the Mobile Commerce Game-Changers
April 10, 2014

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...

In Depth
Read This, Then Develop Your Mobile Commerce Plan
April 10, 2014

ComScore just published its 2014 US Digital Roadmap which is stuffed with amazing data points. We’ve boiled it down to the 5 essential truths about payments, commerce and the US digital consumer and added some of our own key insights so you can plug and...

Mobile Commerce
Introducing: CashPro® BillPay
April 10, 2014

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added CashPro® BillPay to the firm’s suite of business payments solutions, inviting small and medium sized companies to join an automated, precise paper-free payments solution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Mt. Gox CEO Faces Likely U.S. Arrest
April 09, 2014

Embattled bitcoin exchange CEO Mark Karpeles has been ordered by a federal judge to appear in Dallas on April 17 to explain how his company lost at least $400 million worth of customer deposits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Merchant Innovation
PayPal Revamps iPhone App For Simpler Use
April 09, 2014

PayPal recently announced that their point-of-sale iPhone app will be revamped to better suite iOS 7. 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 our daily...

Merchant Innovation
New From Square: Activity View
April 09, 2014

Since October, when the program launched, Square Cash has helped people move money to friend and family with an activity as simple as writing an email. The program has been successful, and the company projects the annualized amount of transactions they process will be measured...

Controversial
SMBs Give The Economy A Thumbs Up, Sort Of
April 09, 2014

New research from NFIB reveal that SMBs have a slightly more optimistic view of their economic future with much of the gain the result of the nose dive this “optimism index” took in February. Unfortunately, SMBs still feel a nagging sense of uncertainty about their...