In a move surprising even by Apple’s standards, the company eschewed their normal extended ramp-up process for new products and booted their new, all electric, payments and health kit-enabled smart car out onto the market about 24 hours ago. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Exactly one year ago today, rapper, fashion entrepreneur, fragrance mogul, self-described genius and Kardashian husband Kanye West shocked the payments world with the announcement of his proprietary mobile wallet – KanPay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Amazon has launched its own version of the Staple’s Easy Button for buying goods on its marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
Mozido announced today that it will participate in the Series B financing of IdentityMind Global, a risk management platform that authenticates consumers using mobile devices to transact with merchants. IdentityMind’s platform allows merchants to authenticate the identity of a consumer, even if that consumer is...
MasterCard’s small business cardholders in the U.S. can now save on more than 20 million products offered on global e-commerce site Rakuten.com, according to a company release. The agreement is through MasterCard’s Easy Savings Program, which provides MasterCard small business cardholders from participating business card...
Payments and technology is converging like never before, as traditional players mash up their capabilities and ideas with the new payments kids on the block. But they’re all looking for the same thing when it comes to merging the two concepts — a way to turn...
Today is the day that it’s reported Amazon will launch version 2.0 of its local services play. Branded Amazon Home Services, this hyper-local marketplace will match local service providers – plumbers, fitness instructors, dog walkers and appliance repair people, for example – with Amazon customers....
Most people during their elementary school education learn that March is named for the Roman god of war: Mars. Far fewer people know why March was named this way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
How do you turn avid fans of a brand into avid customers of their mobile commerce solution? By delivering a valuable experience that has payments baked into it, says CARDFREE CEO Jon Squire. MPD CEO Karen Webster recently caught up with Jon Squire to understand...
