Alternative Finances

Millennial Consumers Twice As Likely To Use A Mobile Wallet
January 29, 2015

A recent survey by FICO indicates that Millennials are more likely to embrace alternative banking services than their older counterparts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Will Lending’s Future Be Untethered From Banks?
January 28, 2015

The problem with a financial crisis is that the climb out has been particularly arduous for consumers and retailers. Even though spending and wages have recovered (albeit slowly and at a lesser rate than many would like) spending continues to frustrate. Consumers may be returning...

NACHA’s CEO On The Fed’s Faster Payments Proposal  
January 28, 2015

After many months of sitting on “pins and needles,” waiting for the Fed to disclose more specifics on its plans to deliver “faster payments” here in the U.S., the world got the results. And, a result that MPD CEO Karen Webster described as somewhat “anticlimatic.” The...

Student Borrowers Finding The Importance of Earnest
January 28, 2015

Big data has begun to be used with increased frequency to determine creditworthiness and the ability to get financing without formal bank statements. British startups like HelloSoda and Filipino startups like Lenddo have used social media driven algorithms to provide this service to banks and...

Why ATMs Love Blizzards
January 27, 2015

Most of PYMNTS readers in the Northeastern U.S. today (Jan. 27) will be enjoying all the latest news on what’s next in payments and retail innovation from their homes. Why? Well, depending on where they are in the Northeast, they are currently sitting under 1-3 feet...

Coinbase Launches First Regulated US Bitcoin Exchange
January 27, 2015

Bitcoin services provider Coinbase launched a U.S. exchange on Monday that is already approved by regulators in 24 jurisdictions, including California and New York, the company said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

PayPal Down Under: How Digital Is Changing How Customers Buy And Sell
January 26, 2015

When asked about their impression of an average Australian, odds are good that most people will describe one of three things – someone with a bowie knife fighting a crocodile, a person standing next to an adorable marsupial like a koala or a kangaroo, or...

The Ins And Outs Of PayDay Lending
January 26, 2015

There are no shortage of divisive topics when it comes to finance and lending. But there are some special areas that manage to attract passionate debate among intelligent people that doesn’t merely divide debaters into two camps – but instead maybe three or four. Get...

Alternative Finances
P2P Payments Player TransferWise Picks-Up $58M
January 26, 2015

TransferWise has snagged a big pile of investment dollars in a round led by one of the Facebook’s earliest backers, Andreessen Horowitz.  The UK-based P2P money transfer startup  and Facebook have reportedly been in talks that would see TransferWise provide remittance services for the social networking...