Payment Methods

B2B Payments
B2B Payments Innovation Down Under
May 05, 2014

Australian-based MYOB wants it deliver what its acronym stands for….for businesses of all sizes to “mind your own business” while they mind the back office, including payments. Its biggest beef was that business payments have been slow to move online, and cash flow has suffered...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Reveals Strong First-Quarter Earnings
May 05, 2014

MasterCard announced today its first-quarter earnings for 2014. According to a company blog post, net revenue growth was 14 percent due to a “double-digit increase in both gross volume and processed transactions.” Net income also increased by 14 percent, and earnings per share rose 18...

Merchant Innovation
Walmart Launches Online Grocery Pick-up Service
May 05, 2014

Wal-mart is testing a new pick-up feature for online orders.

News
500 Startups to Invest in Bitcoin Related Services
May 05, 2014

500 Startups' founder is organizing a group around Bitcoin and other financial services.

News
Payments Processors Refusing NJ Igaming Deposits
May 05, 2014

Many transactions are not being approved on the online site.

Cool
Mother’s Day Spending, Trillions of Dollars in Credit Card Processing, Privacy-Flexible Consumers…And Other Friday Factoids
May 02, 2014

Do you know… how many tens of millions of dollars Americans will spend on Mother’s Day this year? How many consumers will exchange personal information for a good deal? How many trillions of dollars the credit card industry will process this year? If not, keep...

It’s the (Bitcoin) Protocol, Stupid
May 02, 2014

"Bitcoin as a currency is so last year" is the sentiment in Silicon Valley these days. Serious enthusiasts of bitcoin and its digital currency brethren insist that the thing that will change the world is "the protocol" - the block-chain and the rules for verifying...

Mobile Commerce
AmEx CEO Chenault And Payments $25 trillion Opportunity
May 02, 2014

In a recent conversation with Fortune, American Express CEO Ken Chenault spoke about the future of commerce, which he believes is mobile. According to Chenault, mobile payments represent a $25 trillion dollar a year opportunity, with five major players—Google, Apple, Amazon, Alibaba and Facebook. Get the...

Merchant Innovation
Western Union Unafraid of Walmart Even With Profits Down In Q1 2014
May 02, 2014

Western Union had a mixed first quarter in 2014, reporting both a drop in net profits but an uptick in revenue in 2014. The Colorado-based money transfer service reported first-quarter net income of $203 million, which represents 4 percent from $212 million in the first...