In late January, Ribbon, which launched originally as a merchant payments tool provider, launched a peer-to-peer payment solution. Regardless of its target audience, however, the company’s tool represents “the simplest way of receiving money,” company founder Hany Rashwan noted in a recent podcast interview with...
03 March 2014 We’re T-minus two weeks and a few days until the March 19 kick off of Innovation Project 2014. It’s been a real thrill over the last few months to get inside the heads of the innovators who will be speaking, participating in...
04 March 2014 The source code for Mt. Gox, the troubled virtual-currency exchange, has been leaked online by an anonymous hacker. Additionally, the person also disclosed to TechCrunch that he or she stole 20GB worth of customer information, including allegedly passport and other personal identification data. The...
04 March 2014 Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in 2014. We’ll update this list regularly, with funding dates, amounts, and quick...
04 March 2014 Online payment fraud resulted in billions of dollars in losses last year. Stopping fraud without impacting the experience for trusted customers is critical for organizations where any fraud prevention measure that adds to customer friction is a non-starter. Attend this webinar to...
A new ad from American Express premiered Sunday night, featuring the issuer’s new spokeswoman: Tina Fey. Seems a good fit for a card designed for the multi-tasker, given her personal life as an actress, author and comedy writer, not to mention she’s also a mother....
Delivering customized offers to consumers is good. But is doing it while they're standing in a store in front of an item?
05 March 2014 Overstock.com customers have officially made more than $1 million in purchases with bitcoins. The online retailer partnered with Coin Base in early January 2014 to accept the digital currency, meaning the million-dollar milestone was surpassed in slightly less than two months. In...
05 March 2014 Billers are scrambling to keep up with consumer demand for mobile billing and payments, as only 12 percent of billers have a mobile bill-presentment and payment (MBPP) strategy, new research shows. Fiserv Inc.’s second annual Biller Mobile Bill Pay Benchmark Study took...
