Traditions die hard, but it when comes to Americans leaving family and turkey to head to the mall on Thanksgiving, it’s a terrible idea for those aged 55 and older (16 percent approve) but a “great” idea for about half of those polled aged 18-34,...
Global provider of integrated payment solution Paymetric drives over $30 billion worth of payments, the company said in a recent interview with PYMNTS. Paymetric aims to help others accept, secure and optimize payments, expediting the order-to-cash process – but it’s not the only player in...
Seamless, the company behind the mobile payment solution SEQR, recruited Beverly Cole as its new U.S. Head of Sales, according to a company release. Previously, Cole held various lead positions in finance and technology, and most recently comes form First Data, where she was SVP...
As banks, retailers, and international online payments have gone digital over the last two decades, technology has sparked major changes in global payments. The flow of goods, services and finance reached $26 trillion in 2012, and that number could triple in the coming decade, says...
McDonalds is now reporting that Apple Pay is the payment mechanism behind 50 percent of all of its tap-to-pay transactions, which is more impressive than it sounds given the many years McDonalds has been accepting contactless payments. McDonalds has also been creative–although possibly impractical–about taking...
I’ll bet you didn’t know that puppetry and payments have a lot in common. 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...
BNP Paribas analyst Johann Palychata has published an article arguing that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could shake up traditional banking and financial services, Cash & Treasury Management File reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Xapo, a bitcoin startup, has launched a wallet app for iOS, making its mobile wallet easy for consumers to use, Payments Source reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Consumer fears about beacons and privacy will evaporate as beacons become part of everyday life, panelists said at the M1 Summit conference in San Francisco on Thursday (Nov. 13), according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
