Apple Pay may be the catalyst that mobile payments needed to get the payments ecosystem cranking, but that’s not all it did. It’s launched a whole new focus for the largest payments network in the world – tokens and data. Visa’s mobile chief, Bill Gajda,...
For those investors hungry for some tablets-in-restaurants payment action, E La Carte offered some apparently tasty shares as it raised $35 million for a global expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
If banks aren’t paying attention and adjusting their strategy, they are on the verge of disruption by startups and high-growth tech firms. These firms are slowly taking away customers and market share from banks and traditional lending players. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Walmart’s ambitions to be a viable B2B supplier in India continue to grow, as two more of the megaretailer’s Best Price Modern Wholesale stores are set to add eCommerce-service support, in Guntur and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The stores reportedly will begin supporting eCommerce sales...
Walmart has finally made it official: As of October, it will directly offer federally-insured checking accounts, albeit through an arrangement with longtime partner Green Dot. The service will be called Go Bank and its raison d’etre is to waive fees for bounced checks, overdrafts and...
Say what you will about Apple, but it sure knows how to sell phones. The first weekend for sales of its new iPhones—the 6 and the 6 Plus—moved some 10 million of the larger-screened devices, which did not come close to keeping up with demand....
Benjamin Lawsky, the New York State Department of Financial Services chief, has decided he needs to shake things up a little if he wants financial executives to take cyber attacks seriously. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Citi wants to get innovative about getting innovators to innovate, so it’s invoking a competition. It wants developers to push the creativity limit for new mobile and banking apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The European Union Council of Ministers is preparing to toughen the rules for all mobile and digital payments, according to a report in Computing.co.uk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
