Payment Methods

Pay With A Smile With Alipay
March 17, 2015

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Atlanta Fed: EMV Shift Will Increase Check And Credit Fraud
March 17, 2015

With the transition to EMV chip payment cards just months away, online merchants are bracing for an expected surge in eCommerce fraud. But two other kinds of financial crime that’s likely to increase: those involving checks and bank account applications, according to a security expert...

Coinbase Puts Change In Purse
March 17, 2015

Purse, a specialized bitcoin platform that lets customers buy products on Amazon at a discount, has partnered with Coinbase to simplify the process, the company announced on Monday (March 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
B2B Meets The Cloud: The Evolution of Payments
March 17, 2015

It has been 34 years since the first online B2B transaction was completed – and much has changed since then. In a time when payment companies are under tremendous pressure to produce more with fewer resources, many are jumping the traditional payments ship and switching...

Visa Push To Get SMBs On Board EMV
March 16, 2015

EMV adoption has faced resistance in the small business community — in large part because some merchants don’t feel the benefits of the technology outweigh the costs of adoption. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

IBM Eyes Bitcoin’s Blockchain Tech
March 16, 2015

Bitcoin may soon have a new competitor in the digital currency space wanting to capitalize on the technology driving the currency — the blockchain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

India M-Wallet Streamlines Bank Transfers
March 16, 2015

One97’s mobile wallet payment service Paytm, an India-based and Alibaba-backed service, has launched a feature in its mobile wallet that will allows its customers a more streamlined bank transfer process. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Balanced Shuts Down, Hands Customers To Stripe
March 16, 2015

Balanced is shutting down. The peer-to-peer marketplace payments platform announced on Friday (March 13) that it will stop taking payments on June 11, and has selected Stripe for customers who want to migrate to a new payments service with a minimum of hassle. Get the...

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Green Dot/Walmart Deal To End Soon
March 13, 2015

Green Dot might lose its contract with Walmart, which is causing a lot of buzz regarding the future of the company’s namesake prepaid card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...