The month of November was ushered in by the Red Sox World Series Parade of Champions in Boston (did I mention that the Red Sox won the World Series this year??!!!), the return of daylight savings time (my favorite day of the year besides Christmas...
Discover and the National Payments Council of India (NPCI) have announced an agreement that will enable India’s RuPay debit card to make international payments by July 2013. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
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...
There was a very interesting announcement last week by American Express. On the surface, it’s about taking your unused loyalty points to pay for cabs in New York City. Those wonderful, accumulating, reward points that you believed you would use someday for a grand vacation...
Campus Nation Network and Loop have partnered to create a new mobile wallet targeted specifically toward college students, according to an October 30 press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
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The SIM card has long been a cornerstone of mobile phone convenience and security – and it’s only growing in importance. With SIM cards now being installed in everything from smart cars to smart TVs to smartwatches, this 12×8-millimeter piece of technology sits poised at...
I think I mentioned in an article a while back that I have this odd fascination with old advertising- early turn-of-the-century stuff to about the 1970s. There’s just so much to learn about our culture and consumer behavior and buying triggers by looking at old...
When regulators slash interchange fees—as they’ve done in Australia, Spain, and of course the United States—do consumers win or lose? One camp says they win since, of course, merchants are going to pass those savings on to consumers in the form of lower prices. What’s...
