Waymo announced it is partnering with Valley Metro, the Phoenix, Arizona area’s regional public transportation authority, to explore mobility solutions using self-driving technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes that the next major attack on the U.S. is more likely to come by computers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Self-service technology is not exactly a new feature of commerce — consumers have seen variations of it in supermarkets for the better part of a decade, scan-and-go versions of it piloted by Amazon, and kiosks in QSRs for ordering and checkout. The definition of self-service...
Retailers say that card processing fees take a bite out of sales. Then why not, asks Marion King, director of payments at NatWest, remove card rails and replace them with new, real-time payment rails? In this month's Faster Payments Tracker, King says using new real-time...
The P2P lending market is big business in the U.K. According to the U.K. Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA), a self-regulating P2P industry group that includes most of the biggest names in U.K. marketplace lending, the country’s P2P lending industry had hit £9 billion in loan...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may be hated by Republicans and the Trump White House, but it turns out to have strong support among consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
BlueVine, the FinTech startup that recently announced a $60 million round of financing, has added $12 million to its Series E round of funding from M12, Microsoft’s venture capital fund. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Dixons Carphone, the U.K. mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to some of its data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. In addition, Europe’s Billon has signed a letter of intent with FIS, and Credit Suisse is seeking a banking license in Saudi Arabia. Get the Full Story...
