Starbucks cups, despite being made of paper, are not actually easily recycled — the thin layer of plastic sprayed on to keep the drinks warm renders them that way. And most people don’t even bother to try — they just throw them out. Get the...
While everyone is looking ahead to 2018, it’s worth a look back at some of the major payments milestones of 2017. For Michael Miebach, chief product officer at Mastercard, those milestones include key acquisitions and partnerships that propelled the spread of real-time payments, use of...
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Financial services company Affirm announced Monday it has raised $200 million in Series E funding from a consortium of investors led by global investment firm GIC Private Limited. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Discover, the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that as of April 2018, customers will no longer be required to provide a payment signature when they make retail purchases with their credit card or debit card at the point of sale (POS) when...
Pop-star, entertainer and all-around renaissance man will.i.am has found his new passion — corporate computing and voice assistants. 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...
It’s a little late for Halloween, but there is certainly something almost a bit scary in the combined valuations of tech’s top five players — alternately known as the Frightful Five. Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all managed big beats on the Street last week, and hopes...
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Earlier this month, NovoPayment, a digital finance and transactions firm, announced news of the launch of its Developer Hub, one of the first such platforms servicing Latin America, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
