Apple’s new iterations of its iPhones are seeing sales at a blistering pace — so much so the phones are on track to best last year’s first weekend sales tally of 10 million units. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Many westerners are already familiar with crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, GoFundMe and Indiegogo, but thanks to a new service from Orange, African cellphone users won’t be far behind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
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Payments and commerce never sleep, and as last week demonstrated, they aren’t big on extended vacations, either. Everyone caught the highlights. Apple had its annual big show to positive, if not rave, reviews. Google/Android answered back with Google’s latest iteration of a payments play and...
Instead of mobile micro-transactions, Tencent is adding a loan feature to its WeChat messaging app that will allow users to send dozens of thousands of dollars in personal loans.
Payments giant Visa has hired 1,000 of the 2,000 technology professionals it aims to bring on board by 2017, a staffing goal that is tied to an initiative to boost its digital financial services business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
To say it has been a bad year for British payments tech player Monitise is something of an understatement. The question now is whether there is any chance it can be turned around. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Even if you’ve never heard the 1979 Buggles classic “Video Killed The Radio Star,” you know the story it tells, because everyone does. Radio was the mode of entertainment in the early part of the 20th century, but by the halfway point it had been...
During MasterCard’s Investment Community Meeting on Wednesday (Sept. 9), the remarks from CEO Ajay Banga and his executive team gave a pretty good indication into how MasterCard views its role in the fast-moving digital payments ecosystem. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
