Facebook and GDPR only underscore a key conundrum in payments: How to protect an individual’s data while delivering the best consumer experience. In the latest Topic TBD, Merchant Link CIO Scott Carcillo tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the mobile order ahead phenomenon offers food for...
Buy vs. build -- or partner? The lines between software companies and payments firms are blurring, which means strategy must change, too. Think of payments as a value-add, a toll road, a necessary ingredient, says Paya president Greg Cohen, but be mindful of what really...
To enable mobile payments, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is working with its fare payment vendor to upgrade its payment capabilities. WMATA seeks to be “mobile ready” by 2019, the agency said in a statement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Coinstar has announced that it has partnered with startup doxo to enable its coin-counting kiosks to offer a bill pay service. “Coinstar is very pleased to team with doxo to offer both billers and payers a new and convenient way to manage cash bill payments,”...
Finding the balance between speed and risk is a high wire act for processors when it comes to paying the middlemen -- namely ISOs and agents. T1 CEO Donald Kasdon weighs in on how real-time reporting and vigilance (of the human kind) can ensure merchant...
With Amazon, Kroger and other large retailers in the grocery business introducing digital technology, such as mobile self-checkout, how do smaller regional grocers compete? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
PayPal and Safaricom announced a new collaboration that will enable people living in Kenya to move money between their M-PESA and PayPal accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Russia’s largest payments service, Yandex.Checkout, announced that online stores can now subscribe to a new service that allows merchants to sell goods and services on credit or by installments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Square announced on Tuesday (April 3) that its peer-to-peer (P2P) Cash app is now available in the U.K. According to news from MarketWatch, the U.K. is the first international market for the Cash app. Like in the U.S., users across the pond can now send and receive...
