Payment Methods

News
How To Make Mobile Payments Sans Internet
June 16, 2014

Making mobile payments using an internet connection would soon be a thing of past with Edgepay POS terminals leveraging recently developed NearBytes technology that operates on encrypted sound. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Bitcoin’s Miner Monopoly Threat
June 16, 2014

Bitcoin quietly faced and passed through what has been called a “doomsday” scenario Friday night. GHash, a bitcoin mining pool (operated by an anonymous entity called CEX.io) briefly held 51 percent of total network mining. While that may sound like a less intriguing headline than...

News
Amazon: No Credit? No Problem!
June 16, 2014

Hopeful Amazon Kindle consumers who wanted a payment plan so they could purchase the coveted e-reader might be in luck. According to Amazon’s promotional page, customers can make five monthly payments instead of one lump sum at checkout, in order to buy a Kindle. Get...

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PYMNTS Talks Back: PayPal’s Marcus Jumps to Facebook, The Payments Implications of the Apple Ecosystem,...
June 14, 2014

Some pretty big stuff got the payments industry talking this week. PayPal’s President moves to Facebook, World Cup revelers can’t get Brazilian currency and a mobile payments innovator claims HCE isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. That was just Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!...

Merchant Warehouse Reveals Consumer Payment Trends
June 13, 2014

Examining changing trends in the payment industry from consumer credit to regulation and technology, Merchant Warehouse released its second 2014 State of Payments quarterly update. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Company Spotlight
CluckCluck: The App For Calling, And Paying Babysitters
June 13, 2014

Ton of apps help parents find babysitters. But one, called CluckCluck, allows parents to not only communicate with them but pay them as well. PYMNTS.com spoke recently with co-founder Heather Estenson Joyce to learn more on how this payments app can help cash-strapped parents strapped...

Blackberry’s Back With EnStream mPay Partnership
June 13, 2014

BlackBerry’s smartphone sales continue to show fewer and fewer signs of economic life and seems the company is now following the common advice it is being given.  Get out of hardware and make the move to platform services. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Alternative Finances
Western Union To Deliver Same-Day ACH
June 12, 2014

The race for faster settlement through automated clearinghouse (ACH) payments continues to heat up. And Western Union soon may be in the driver’s seat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Groupon Creates Most Distributed Mobile Coupon
June 12, 2014

Groupon announced this week that its Freebies coupon is now available for iOS devices, which makes it the nation’s most widely distributed mobile coupon destination. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...