Virtual Piggy Inc., provider of the Oink payment technology for families and teens, has entered into a partnership with processor GlobalCollect for...
Security researchers are warning of a new Trojan that combines elements of the Zeus and Carberp families of malware that is targeting...
Alibaba will invest SGD 312.5 M (USD 249 M) for a 10.35% stake in Singapore Post. SingPost is a leading provider of...
Dish Networks LLC will become the largest company to accept bitcoins, the subscription model pay-TV provider announced May 29. The wholly owned...
After the housing bubble burst several years ago, U.S. consumers began to default on their mortgages because they chose to instead make...
Some Apple users in Australia have found themselves victims of a unique attack by hackers through their iPhones. According to several reports,...
Square has announced that it will enter the small business lending business. Available to Square Register merchants, Square will provide short term...
If only spontaneously ordering and paying for a meal were as easy as using Uber. Then again, if TouchPoint has anything to...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) wants to help veterans shop online. AAFES is the U.S. military’s largest retailer and...
The American people have a dream, and that dream is apparently to never set foot in a grocery store again. In an...
Pinterest, saturated with cash after their massive $200 million funding round, is rolling out a enhancement to its API platform that will help businesses understand...
What can the Ripple protocol do that basic core banking infrastructure can’t? Move money in real time, efficiently, securely and at a...
The world was a different place in 1999-cell phone use was just leaking into the mainstream, Palm Pilots were the next big...
It’s been a good ten months for Crowdfunding start-up Indiegogo. Following a very successful $40 million Series B funding round in January...
MoneyGram users who wish to transfer money to Mexico can look forward to much faster processing times. The international money transfer and payment...
Coupons, rewards, and data oh my! These startups are in the business of keeping customers and other businesses secure while they enjoy...
People who wanted to buy really bad stuff probably didn’t mind paying a premium to use bitcoin to do it. But, will...
It is not a good day to be Walmart’s new CEO Doug McMillon. Traffic to Walmart locations nationwide has been on the decline...
Nearly 70 percent of Americans carry a mobile device. It’s no wonder, then, that within the SMB world, more and more owners...
Once just an idea in an apartment at the high of the tech bubble and now the largest B2B trading platform in...
Pro.com is something of an interesting novelty among sites that help connect people to the contractors who can build their extensions, remodel...
Wholesale enthusiasts will now have a new and possibly cheaper mobile shopping option than Amazon’s $100 per year service Prime. Boxed, the...
How did Alibaba go from its humble roots as an idea cooked up in Jack Ma's apartment in 1999 to potentially the...
Day Two of National Small Business Week has officially begun. Today, MasterCard and Habitat for Humanity will together launch a pilot program...
President Obama made National Small Business Week official, even signing a proclamation to do so. “Small businesses represent an ideal at the...
Banks located within Walmart stores are unique in a few regards. They often cater to lower-income patrons more frequently than normal, often...
The Bitcoin Foundation has announced the winners of its recent elections to fill two board seats. BTC China CEO Bobby Lee and venture capitalist Brock...
Living up to its name, peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper has just closed a $70 million funding round led by Francisco Partners, with...
Bitcoiners-the nebulous pot of investors, miners, tech enthusiasts and libertarians – are a very serious group of people. Dogecoiners, not so much....
The price of Bitcoin took a sharp fall over the weekend, dropping from a three-day high of just over $460 per coin...
Banks may now feel that there is some breathing room to take advantage of an improving economic climate to broaden their portfolio...
A new Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) study, supported by MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, indicates that more than half of US...
Though more widely known as a high-end brand, American Express is also reaching out to working class and cash-based consumers by expanding...
Paul Purcell, co-founder of Continental Advisors, is on the Board of LevelUp, was the lead investor in WePay's recent capital raise and...
Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as...
The call will be webcast on the “Investor Relations” section of the First Data website.
According to T.C.Guruprasad, CEO & Managing Director, CentrumDirect Ltd, more travelers are using prepaid cards in order to avoid the high rates....
Deck: Spring just doesn’t seem to have spring just yet for the Bitcoin market, despite the plethora of news around Bitcoin. Innovators...
As bitcoin ATM’s spring up around the nation and world that give consumers a real-world location to make cash-to-virtual currency (and vice-versa)...
eGifter, the social gifting company, has teamed up with GoCoin so they can accept Dogecoin and Litecoin for purchases. The company believes...
Boost Mobile recently announced that the fees for check loading and money transfers will be waived as part of a promotion. The...
MasterCard East Africa is reporting that electronic payments are starting to drive and transform the retail market in Kenya. James Wainaina, Vice...
From customer service to customer acquisition, merchants are using Beacons powered to enhance the relationships with their customers. Here’s a look at...
The key to running a successful prepaid program in any market globally is to develop profitable and ethical business practices,something Amit Sethi...
After a big announcement and bold plans for the future of secure payments in Canada, the Royal Canadian Mint has officially decided...
Yet another state, Louisiana, is looking to convert plastic back to paper, at least when it comes to how tax refunds are...
There was a time that Americans consumption of staple products – toothpaste, soap, toilet paper – was an area one could always...
MasterCard’s prepaid card business in the Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa (APMEA) region experienced a 40 percent increase in year-over-year gross dollar...
There’s so much data influencing the industry today that it can be hard to stay on top of everything. PYMNTS.com’s Friday Factoids...
Canadians aren’t so beholden to their debit cards as once was believed. In fact, debit isn’t their preferred form of payment in...