Square co-founder Jim McKelvey is taking what he learned about innovation when launching Square to new start-ups in St. Louis. He believes that all successful innovators need three things to succeed, unless they are in financial services. In this week's Innovator Insight series MPD CEO...
Remember the day when a coin was just a bothersome piece of metal that you were happy to toss in the tip jar to benefit the underpaid baristas at your local coffee shop? Well no more. Now a coin might be worth more than many...
The United Kingdom is now an option for bitcoin-holding Chinese citizens who are looking to make an investment in real estate. According to a recent Coin Telegraph article, the London-based company Cai-Capital announced that it is the first broker in the London to accept bitcoin...
While most credit card readers from companies like Square and Paypal struggle with mobile compatibility issues, Flint mobile created a solution that eliminated the very hardware other companies have been marketing so far. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Orange and BNP Paribas are introducing a new retailing banking service in Africa that would make easy two-way money transfer between Orange Money and BNP Paribas accounts possible. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Mobile savings app iBotta has finished off a $20 million funding round lead by notable Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jim Clark—founder of Netscape, Silicon Graphics and WebMD. TechCrunch reports that Clark, as a result of the funding, joined the company’s board of directors. Get the Full Story...
The slow path to digital wallets ignition has caused some in the business to say that they’re all but dead and more or less the payments equivalent of the Edsel. Fact or just a case of underestimating the slog that is ignition in payments? MPD...
MasterCard announced that it has released its Ukash Travel Money Prepaid card designed to give UK tourists the best possible foreign exchange rate this summer, according to a company release. Launched by Ukash, a payments innovator, there are no charges for sign-up, transactions, or ATM...
According to a recent survey by Aite Group, 70 percent of the credit cards in the U.S. will be EMV-enabled by next year. Additionally, 45 percent of U.S. debit cards will have the EMV technology. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
