Payment Methods

Google Wallet Adds New Features
April 06, 2015

The ninth instantiation of Google Wallet is out for public consumption. 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 completing...

Feds Can’t Cash Out On The Dollar Coin
April 06, 2015

It doesn’t appear — at least from consumer trends in the U.S. — that coins replacing the dollar note is going to become the wave of the future. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

The Trends Poising Mobile Payments For Success
April 06, 2015

The global mobile payment transaction forecast is expected to reach $4.6 trillion in 2019, compared to $1.8 trillion in 2014, according to a recent study. The percentage of consumers using mobile payments apps rose from 8 percent to 40 percent from 2013-14. Will 2015 prove...

Walmart: EMV Signatures Are Worthless
April 06, 2015

Walmart’s top payments executive told a conference last week that letting banks issue EMV credit cards without PINs makes a mockery of EMV security, CNN Money reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Japanese Markets, Swiss Banks and The Dark Web
April 03, 2015

Despite Japanese regulators’ criticism of bitcoin — and the potential looming ban of the cryptocurrency — the country’s largest eCommerce company, Rakuten has officially sealed the deal to help bitcoin acceptance evolve across its marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Paydiant Acquisition Closes – Officially Part of PayPal
April 03, 2015

Paydiant has officially dotted the “i” and crossed the “t” to become part of the PayPal enterprise. 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...

From Payments Gateway To Merchant Services, And Beyond
April 03, 2015

At its very core, 5th Dimension Logistics is a payment gateway and transaction hub. But what makes the company unique, says its President and CEO Matanda Doss, is that once a transaction is processed and completed, that sparks an entirely new chain of events that...

Align Commerce Testing Global Blockchain Payments
April 03, 2015

Bitcoin’s blockchain technology may have found a new application: cutting the time and cost required by cross-border wire-transfer payments. Align Commerce has launched a public beta test of a system to let either businesses or individuals pay invoices globally, the company announced on Thursday (April...

How Consumers Use Mobile (or Not)
April 02, 2015

Most reports about mobile payments and mobile transactions often provide pockets of information — only giving a piece of information here and a piece there to help the payments ecosystem understand how consumers are using mobile devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...