Does Bitcoin have a future? Bloomberg today reported on how Bitcoin is used and whether or not there is real value in the currency. Several illustrious Bitcoin disbelievers joined together around the Bloomberg desk to discuss the state of Bitcoin and its future. Economist David...
The mobile payments market just got rocked, as LoopPay announced it secured an investment from Visa. What does a card network that has invested tons in NFC and EMV want with a mobile payments solution that leverages mag stripe technology? Well, providing their issuers and...
Question. What’s the biggest misperception about MasterCard’s MasterPass mobile commerce platform? Answer. That it’s just a digital wallet. MPD CEO Karen Webster caught up with Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterPass to chat about the platform strategy that underpins MasterPass, how it plans to keep...
Earlier this month, PYMNTS.com reported that Facebook is testing a “Buy” button that allows certain customers to purchase items placed in the news feed or on ads on the site with a click or two. But don’t expect Facebook to compete against the likes of...
Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that New York officials are trying to create plans for a set of IT contracts that could change the way state and local governments purchase their technology goods and services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Sweden-based financial services group Nordea announced this week that it launched a new web-based trade finance solution in London and Frankfurt. As reported by Banking Technology, the solution is called allNETT and is from specialist firm Surecomp. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
How consumers interact with computers while online says a lot about them. So much so that a British company believes it can use individuals’ so-called eDNA to market products that can alleviate the need for sites to require usernames and passwords. But what will consumers...
NACHA, which oversees the nation’s automated clearinghouse system, has made great strides in recent years to help companies facilitate ACH B2B payments. This progress has helped especially large companies to take a lot of paper out of the remittance process. As NACHA’s Jan Estep noted...
The buzz is heating-up (again) about the possibility that Apple will soon be making its entry into the wonderful world of mobile wallets. According to a report released yesterday by The Information, Apple has recently stepped up its efforts at launching its own mobile payments...
