Merchant Innovation

Merchant Innovation
Samsung’s Next Generation Fingerprinting Innovation
April 23, 2014

Fingerprint-based identification has had a bumpy road to adoption. It is popular with the right people: Apple incorporated a touch-based fingerprint scanner into the iPhone 5s and Samsung recently release the Galaxy S5 with a much touted fingerprint scanner. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Taking the Pain Out of Merchant Onboarding
April 23, 2014

Ask any merchant how much they liked their onboarding process. It's generally pretty cumbersome - but for a reason. Assessing the risk of a new merchant is nothing to be taken lightly. But Recombo has completely innovated that process, making it less costly, quicker, and...

Company Spotlight
Discover Reports 4.5% Q1 Revenue Rise As Card Sales Volume Jumps 3.4%
April 23, 2014

Discover Financial Services on April 22 reported first quarter net revenue of $2.08 billion, up 4.5 percent from $1.99 billion during the same period last year. Net income was $631 million, down 6.2 percent from $673 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Digital Currency Deep Dive: So What Makes Bitcoin So Special?
April 23, 2014

Remember the day when a coin was just a bothersome piece of metal that you were happy to toss in the tip jar to benefit the underpaid baristas at your local coffee shop? Well, the world has changed and so have coins. Economist David Evans...

TSYS Says Q1 Revenue Rose 32%, Sells Japanese Business Interests
April 23, 2014

Total System Services Inc. on April 22 reported first quarter revenue of $592.8 million, up 32.1 percent from $448.8 million during the same period ended March 31 last year. Net income was down 12.7 percent to $51.6 million.   Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
Shell Canada And EFS Launch Canadian Fleet Card Program
April 23, 2014

Canada’s fleet card market continues to grow, as Shell Canada and Electronic Funds Source this week launched the Shell Fleet Navigator commercial card. The MasterCard-branded card joins a growing list of fleet card products available throughout Canada, including from competing oil companies and payments networks.

Merchant Innovation
NetSpend, Western Union to Introduce Joint Prepaid Card
April 23, 2014

Both companies plan on launching the new card later this year.

Merchant Innovation
CVS Will Launch In-store ‘Bill Pay’ Service for Insurance Premiums
April 22, 2014

Health plan participants will be able to pay their monthly premium bills featuring a customer-specific barcode at the register.

Alternative Finances
Mobile Insiders: A VC Goes to Boston
April 22, 2014

Paul Purcell, co-founder of Continental Advisors, is on the Board of LevelUp, was the lead investor in WePay's recent capital raise and is on the management committee of Veritec, which is a POS software company that helps small dollar lenders remain compliant with state regs....