It’s official. Apple is throwing an iPad launch party on October 16th at the Apple campus in Cupertino, California at 1pm EST. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
As the hoopla over Apple Pay wanes, skepticism is beginning to set in — even among executives at big retail chains that will be rolling out Apple’s new payment system later this month. On Tuesday (Oct. 7), Target director of finance Bill Ramsey told a...
Bank of America Corp. will take over financing for a top U.S. oil refinery controlled by Philadelphia Energy Solutions from J.P. Morgan. The oil-services contract was among the commodity assets divested this year by Chase. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Television investment-advice-giver Jim Cramer recently told his CNBC audience that he just discovered fleet card companies and loves them. “The fleet card business may be the hottest business that you’ve never heard of,” he said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Regulations for the providers of financial-transaction infrastructure aren’t going to return to pre-financial-crisis levels — in fact, they’re likely to be an ever-increasing burden for everyone involved in a transaction. But regulators could make that burden easier to handle by providing more guidance on what...
The CFPB is worried about checking, particularly consumers’ access to it. In remarks recently released by CFPB head Richard Cordray, he affirmed the basic necessity of access to banking products for the American consumer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
New research recently released by Contract Solutions indicates that customers abandon their digital shopping carts when their mobile experiences aren’t met. Although at first glance that result can seem on par with an announcement by astronomers that night is dark or a summer prediction from meteorologists...
Zapp wants to make real-time mobile payments – in store, online and through apps – an option in the U.K.. It wants to get there by integrating its system into bank apps and tapping into the Faster Payments rails. Get the Full Story Complete the...
The idea of email marketing might seem slightly less exciting when put next to something like a beacon-prompted push notification on a cool mobile device when near a physical store. But @Pay CEO John Killoran says that mobile buying has, to date, been a tremendous...
