Alipay and Tencent, operators of the two leading digital payment services in China, could lose as much as $1 billion combined in annual revenue thanks to a new rule about handling customers funds. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The popularity of mobile commerce in Africa is a well-known — and ongoing — story. Now, global health experts are paying more attention to the prospect of using mobile payments, perhaps bundled with insurance services, to make it easier for people to get well. Get...
Despite bitcoin’s fall, Square‘s mobile payment app, which launched crypto trading in late January, is surging. In fact, Square Cash is growing roughly three times faster than PayPal‘s Venmo, with nearly 2 million downloads per month in May and June, according to data from Instinet. Get...
Google Pay is rolling out new features that, among other things, let users send and request money, through the merging of the Google Pay and Google Pay Send apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
BJ’s Wholesale Club has announced that members who shop on BJs.com will now be able to pay for their purchases with PayPal, PayPal Credit and PayPal One Touch. Through the partnership, members won’t have to input their card payment information when making a purchase on...
Mergers and acquisitions in the global payments industry have hit record highs in 2018, especially in the payments technology market. Financial Times (FT) reported that there were 102 transactions worth a total of $46 billion in the first six months of 2018, according to data from Dealogic....
In Germany, security matters. In China, one must make sure to bring their top mobile game. Scandinavia has a thing for invoice-based payment programs. Much of North America remains anchored to major-brand credit cards. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
To paraphrase an old maxim: There is nothing new under the sun. 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...
Languid hot holiday day? Day off from work? Time to get thinking -- about payments, financial services and innovation, and getting a leg up on the competition. This Independence Day, we bring you a day of independent thought, with research (or tracking of trackers, if you...