Europe’s largest hacker group claims it can defeat fingerprint-scanning security like Apple Pay’s TouchID with just a few photos that show a user’s fingers, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The technology may be fascinating and the promotion may be relentless, but, as a currency investment, Bitcoin performed worse in 2014 than any of the 175 currencies tracked by Bloomberg, according to Bloomberg View. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
China’s number-four online payments processor, 99Bill, is now under the control of the country’s largest real estate developer, Dalian Wanda Group, the International Business Times reported on Friday (Dec. 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
With alternative lenders LendingClub and OnDeck grabbing headlines with healthy IPOs, the rest of the alt-lending business is feeling the benefits. Alt-lending service provider Biz2Credit has just a received a $250 million commitment from investment firm Direct Lending Investments, TechCrunch reported. Get the Full Story...
When interest rates rise in mid-2015, the credit-card business will likely see more subprime cardholders, higher credit losses for card issuers and greater reliance on customers who use their cards to borrow, not just earn rewards, American Banker reported. Get the Full Story Complete the...
More than half the new mobile devices activated during the week leading up to Christmas Day were from Apple, according to a study by mobile analytics company Flurry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
One of Europe’s few billion dollar-plus start-ups, Klarna, is expanding its business from online shopping into P2P money transfers and payment systems for newspaper articles and public transport. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
It is easy, as a consumer, to get the feeling that somehow the world is full of people paying less money for the same goods you are. They shop at the same stores, they go to the same sites, but somehow when it is time...
Yep. It’s that time of the year – when we pause to reflect on the year that was as we prepare to embark on the year that will be. And, 2014 was quite the year in payments – one that got more interesting and intense...
