Players on both sides of the fence on Friday got the chance to air their positions in front of an appellate court over whether to overturn a federal judge’s ruling last summer that the 21-cent debit-interchange cap that took effect in 2011 was too high....
Money-management apps offer consumers the opportunity to manage their money more effectively. However, adoption by users has hit or miss at best, as many aren’t that interested in creating personal budgets. Some consumers have a tough time getting into the habit of regularly using these...
As with all big trade shows, the amount of information shared, thoughts provoked, speculations made, and forecasts created can abound. And this week’s National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York didn’t disappoint. In a show that draws some 30,000 people, it’s not difficult to...
Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which companies grabbed the most headlines – for better or for worse – this week, and...
Discover wants consumers to go out and spend despite the winter weather, and it’s offering a 5 percent cash-back reward on certain purchases as encouragement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Western Union Business Solutions, a division of the Western Union Co., last month struck a partnership with omnichannel fundraising platform provider Kimbia Inc. to provide organizations a service to help them better meet their fundraising and distribution goals internationally. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Phil Purcell, co-founder of Discover Card and former CEO of Morgan Stanley, now is focused on helping newer companies grow with Continental Investors. His latest venture involves WePay, which has built a payment application programming interface (API) specifically for such platform businesses as online marketplaces,...
The rapid evolution of the payments landscape in Nigeria was highlighted as a global success story by Ajay Banga, the President and CEO of MasterCard Worldwide, at an address to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) officials and other Nigerian officials and business leaders. Banga was...
15 January 2014 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications...
