British student banking app Loot is close to sealing a £1 million ($1.41 million) seed funding round, nine months after its launch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
There’s hardly enough room within 140 characters to have a rousing discussion about politics, but Twitter and Square are betting it’s enough for those who want to put their money behind their favorite candidates. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The latest “Pay” player launched yesterday at Samsung’s Unpacked event in New York. But unlike the other “Pays” in the market, Samsung Pay brings a whole new set of functionality to the physical point of sale. The big question is whether its NFC and secure...
JetPay and Rezzcard are teaming up to provide a range of electronic payment options to tenants of affordable housing properties, the companies announced earlier this month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Spring, the mobile app that brings an Instagram-like experience to shopping, announced yesterday (June 9) it will offer users free shipping on every order. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T’s mobile and business solutions group, kept things straight to the point while discussing the company’s lack of success in the mobile payment sector in an interview with Forbes Tuesday (June 2). Get the Full Story Complete...
Apple and IBM have found yet another way of expanding their partnership: combining iPads and Watson to improve life for seniors in Japan, Mashable reported on Thursday (April 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Here’s how serious the doubts are among payment-systems professionals about EMV and mobile payments: 68 percent of them say pressure to migrate to new payment systems puts customer data at greater risk instead of making it safer, according to a new survey by Experian and...
Whatever problems banks have — and there are many — trust isn’t one of them. In the U.S. and Canada, 86 percent of people said banks and financial institutions were the companies that they trust most with securely managing their data, according to a new...
