Payment Methods

Bitcoin Wallet Circle Now Does Tap-To-Pay In-Store
January 07, 2015

Circle’s Bitcoin wallet now allows its users to pay in-store with bitcoins using the Circle mobile app, VentureBeat reported on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

International
Kickstarter Drops Amazon Payments For Stripe
January 07, 2015

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter is replacing Amazon’s payments platform in favor of $3.5 billion payments startup Stripe, Re/code reported on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile
San Francisco To Test Transit Ticketing App
January 07, 2015

San Francisco’s Muni public transit system will begin testing a mobile ticketing app this summer, the city’s transit agency announced on Tuesday (Jan. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Impressions and Impacts Of Apple Pay’s First 100 Days
January 06, 2015

In just 113 days last year, Apple Pay managed to completely change the conversation about mobile payments. And we’ve been there for all 113+ of them, documenting every aspect of the Apple Pay journey.

Mobile Commerce
Next Generation Wocket Smart Device Debuts At CES
January 06, 2015

NXT-ID will be showing the world the newest iteration of its Wocket smart wallet device at the 2015 International CES.  The Connecticut based biometric authentication company gave their first preview of the smart wallet to select media yesterday (December 5), and this consumer electronics show...

Merchant Warehouse Embraces A “Technology-Centric” Future With Company Rebranding
January 06, 2015

The internet in 1998 was pretty primitive. Only 41 percent of Americans went online, and when they did, what they found was pretty unimpressive, and even hard to use. It’s no wonder that nearly 60 percent of Americans, when surveyed by Pew Internet Life that...

Banks Opting For Less Secure Signature Cards
January 06, 2015

Many major U.S. banks could be looking toward better security measures that use chip-and-PIN technology, but instead are opting for new credit cards to use chip-and-signature security, The Wall-Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Merchant Innovation
Millennial Boost For Mobile Payments?
January 06, 2015

Millennials are far more interested in starting their own businesses than climbing the corporate ladder, and that may drive new payments technologies over the next few decades, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Chinese Mall Giant Wanda Raises $161M To Go After Alibaba
January 06, 2015

Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group has pulled in 1 billion yuan ($161 million) for what it hopes will be the biggest omnichannel retail operation in the world, according to Forbes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...