Payment Methods

USAA Flips Card Portfolio To Visa From MasterCard
October 26, 2015

The largest issuer of MasterCard debit cards in the U.S. is switching over to Visa. 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,...

Karen Webster
Mobile Payments’ Great Big Leap
October 26, 2015

There’s a perfect storm brewing in payments – one that’s intensifying because of the shift to EMV. And one that could accelerate the adoption of mobile payments. But not the way that you think, says MPD CEO Karen Webster. The impressive results that merchants are...

With Big Data, FIs Gain Insight And Edge
October 26, 2015

Data is only as useful as the actionable insights that it uncovers. SWIFT’s Astrid Thorsen told PYMNTS how Financial Institutions can track payments and messaging to help boost their competitive positioning.

B2B Payments
Apple Pay Patent Has Corporate Credit Card In Bulls Eye
October 26, 2015

A new patent filing by Apple could signal a new initiative by the company’s mobile wallet unit to challenge the commercial card industry, according to Thursday (Oct. 22) reports in Patently Apple. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Apple Pay
New Apple Pay Adoption Numbers
October 26, 2015

Apple’s officially made it through Year 1, a time period marked by extraordinary fanfare, debate, and lots and lots of scrutiny. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Apple Pay Attitude May Be Shifting In Australia
October 26, 2015

Apple Maps may have mapped out future plans for the international expansion of Apple Pay. 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,...

Earnings Edition Pt. 1: Amazon, Amex and eBay
October 26, 2015

There are many reasons to fall behind the news. Sometimes the news is so terribly uninteresting to watch that it just seems better to stick with Netflix. Sometimes the news is hard to take seriously because it really seems as though it might be some...

SMBs Get Into The Payments Groovv
October 26, 2015

“EMV was definitely the greatest invention for NFC,” says Joe Kaplan, CEO of Total Merchant Services, the creators of Groovv Terminal One, who partnered with Apple to distribute its solution to SMBs. Kaplan shares with MPD CEO Karen Webster how the TMS “smart terminal payment...

Company Spotlight
MasterPass Brings Tokenization Online
October 26, 2015

MasterCard is marking a first for the payments ecosystem by integrating tokenization into its MasterPass digital wallet, bringing that security capability into the realms of online and mobile transactions. Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterPass Global, talks with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the whole...