Temperatures have gone up, and while it is difficult to argue that the weather is not better than it was nationwide in February—unless one happens to live in Tornado Alley—recent releases on retail spending would seem to indicate that consumer enthusiasm toward shopping hasn’t quite...
In what will likely be regarded as one small step for Apple’s payments ambitions, and one giant leap for Apple rumor mongers everywhere, the high-concept tech firm has launched an iTunes-backed payments system — in Japan. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
World First has announced the launch of The World First Money Transfer App, which will enable users to make high-speed currency transfers directly from their portable devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Jumping into the lucrative world of in-app purchasing – where free games can make as much as $1 million per day – MasterCard will enable in-app payments for its MasterPass digital payment system beginning in early August, the company announced in recent blog post. Get the...
Digital payments are expected to rise to $4.7 trillion by 2019—nearly doubling their current value of $2.5 trillion, according to new research released by Juniper Research. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Pop quiz. How does Apple make money? Selling hardware. Very good. So, is anyone really surprised that it may have its own plans to sell its own iBeacon transmitter? Well, recent filings with the Federal Communications Commission would suggest that is exactly what’s on the...
Last week Intuit announced the launch of PayWithBitcoin, a new service that integrates its new online bitcoin wallet with processing provider Coinbase. PYMNTS spoke to Manish Shah and Clinton Neilsen, the two Intuit engineers who are the brains behind this Bitcoin payments integration. But will...
In what has turned out to be a spectacularly dramatic launch for Lyft—the ridesharing service that allows customers to solicit a ride from their smart phone and pay a “donation” rather than a straight cab fare—it seems the start-up and the state of New York...
A changing of the guard is underway at NetSpend, a TSYS company, as veteran CEO Dan Henry will be stepping down and Chuck Harris, who has been named senior executive vice president of TSYS – and who will stay on a president of NetSpend –...
