With Apple out of the way, the other big “A” story in September 2014 is Alibaba and the massive IPO it is launching within the next few weeks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Although biometrics are not yet a commonly recognized form of indentity verification, it is widely expected to take off as the technology continues to advance over the next three to five years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
BlueSnap has upgraded its client side encryption API to support iOS 8. 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...
Say hello to Apple Pay. It’s the new kid on the payments block and, depending on how things unfold, it could be the new gorilla in the mobile payments ecosystem. MPD CEO Karen Webster shares her first thoughts on what Apple Pay is and how...
Having been dragged into a payment card interchange lawsuit, Visa Europe Limited and Visa Europe Services are pushing back, arguing that Walmart-led lawsuit “casts too wide a net, lumping them in with Visa even though they are only licensors of Visa and are owned by...
Now that Home Depot has confirmed its massive data breach, the blame and investigation aftermath starts. Five U.S. states and two U.S. senators separately jumped in to insist that something be done to deal with the cyberattack that “may have gotten away with more than...
How optimistic are retailers when predicting holiday sales for this year? Not especially, with an overwhelming 70 percent predicting sales will be pretty much as bad—or as good, for that matter—as last year, according to the eighth annual retail seasonal hiring survey from global management...
Forever 21 has been sued after a shopper became upset when an E-mail address was demanded and then associated with her payment card data—resulting in unsolicited E-mail pitches—contrary to California law. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
eBay’s announcement this week that its Braintree unit plans to start accepting bitcoins in the next few months suggests that not only will consumers be able to benefit from having another payment option, but businesses will, too. Will eBay’s embrace of the controversial cryptocurrency be...
