SWIFT, the collective that spans more than 10,800 financial institutions, banks and corporate customers, said Thursday (Jan. 21) that 45 new banks have signed on to the global payments innovation initiative. According to a release, the banks are located across several regions, including Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe....
What coffeeshop worth its salt (or sugar) doesn’t have a constant stream of auteur-inspired guitar ballads, jazz piano melodies and the occasional chamber a cappella piece? This hasn’t been a problem for Starbucks since the now-international chain first began cultivating a distinct atmosphere in its...
Apple Pay is making further inroads with banks, having now signed up to offer the service to U.S. Bank customers, most notably those who use the bank’s FlexPerks American Express Cards. In a press release on Wednesday (Jan. 20), the companies said that the Apple payments...
Uber will soon be delivering more than just people. The nation’s premier ridesharing service has announced it will be going live with meal delivery services in 10 U.S. cities. The chosen 10 are likely also the expected 10 biggest, and going forward, Uber enthusiasts will be...
For tech stocks, the end of days may be here, or near. Or maybe it’s just a shoe that needed to drop. Regardless of your opinion, no one can accuse the stock markets of having a long memory. Why, it was only yesterday that the...
FinTech’s Fiserv says it has the goods on mobile banking’s return on investment (ROI). The firm said in a release on Tuesday (Jan. 19) that it has published a whitepaper after conducting a year-long study that measured the ROI on mobile banking as used by financial...
Ford wants to be more in tune with its customers, the company claims. And one of the ways it’s doing so is through the use of its new digital wallet, appropriately named FordPay. The announcement of this came during a recent wave of news from...
General Motors (GM) is gearing up to lock horns with Uber with its latest acquisition of Sidecar, a ride-hailing and delivery service provider. The acquisition comes after Sidecar shuttered its app-based ridesharing and delivery service in December last year. “This is the end of the...
Amex CEO Kenneth Chenault had a few things to say at the NRF confab about change, innovation and the move to embrace digital eCommerce even while plastic cards may ultimately be doomed.
