Google is partnering with handymen, electricians, plumbers and other home service providers to match them up with users looking for such services on its search engine. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Dick The Butcher, in Shakespeare’s "Henry VI," famously proposed “first let’s kill the lawyers” as the most appropriate way to jumpstart the overthrow he was cooking up. Fast forward a few centuries and MPD CEO Karen Webster posits that The Clearing House’s (TCH) latest white...
Google is one step closer to the launch of Android Pay with the latest Google Play Services app upgrade, which contains hints of Google’s contactless payment service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
As China sees slowing growth, to levels not seen in a quarter century, there’s a silver lining, says MasterCard. It lays out the three pillars that it believes will not only enable a stronger China and its trading partners, but SMEs, in particular. A new...
Recently available data reports that approximately 525,000 people in the United States are homeless. The good news about that rather gloomy figure is that it represents an overall decline — in 2007 there were over 650,000 homeless in America. The bad news (other than reality...
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Friday (Aug. 28) that a new email scam is targeting recipients’ financial firms, law firms and real estate enterprises. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
In a new development in the ever-raging battle between Uber and European taxi drivers, the European Commission will undertake a study next month of the ride-sharing company, with an eye toward settling the legal actions that have cropped up against the company, Reuters reported Friday (Aug....
Ingenico is now the latest contender seeking to buy U.K.-based Worldpay, a European leader in payments processing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
Business customers of Europe’s largest bank, HSBC, were in uproar late last week when a technology issues caused the disruption of thousands of payment transactions.
