Payment Methods

Merchant Innovation
Remote Control Credit Cards?
April 25, 2014

What would happen to fraud if consumers were given the opportunity to turn their credit and debit cards on and off from their mobile phones – “activating” them only when they are ready to be used for transacting and giving consumers the ability to set...

Merchant Innovation
Bitcoin Tracker Week 21
April 25, 2014

Bitcoin traded in the in a fifty dollar range going from as low as about $450 and as high as $506, ending at $464 at about 7am EST on Friday. Our volatility index shows Bitcoin at a whopping 29 times more volatile than the euro....

B2B Payments
Taking The Mystery Out of Cross Border B2B Payments
April 25, 2014

It’s not all that easy to make payments to another business across borders, especially for SMBs. The process tends to be opaque and costly. The Currency Cloud is a small start-up with a big idea: fixing this for businesses of all sizes. PYMNTS caught up...

Company Spotlight
Risk Management Patent Assigned to MasterCard International
April 25, 2014

A patent originally filed in October 2010 was assigned to MasterCard International, Purchase, NY, according to Insurance News Net. The patent was developed by a team of five members, and offers “methods for risk management” in mobile devices like smart phones that can be used...

News
ShopKeep’s Point of Sale Software Raises $25M
April 25, 2014

The software vendor manages point of sale transactions for over 10,000 stores.

Alternative Finances
PayPal Testing New ‘Wearable Wallet’ for Smartwatches
April 25, 2014

PayPal is testing the new software in the corporate office coffee shop.

In Depth
Visa: Q2 Revenues Rise 7% As Profit Jumps 26%
April 24, 2014

Visa missed analysts' projections for fiscal second quarter revenues, but earned a 26 percent increase in profits as spending on credit and debit cards remained strong.

Hmmm
Square’s Many Suitors: The People Have Spoken
April 24, 2014

So two weeks ago we ask you, the readers, what Square should do, given that many of Silicon Valley’s biggest players are reportedly pursing the payments processor and POS start-up. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

In Depth
Nelms: ‘It’ Card And Free FICO Scores Fuel Discover’s Q1 Receivables Growth
April 24, 2014

During the first three months of the year, Discover Financial Services’ card receivables grew by nearly 5 percent, at the upper end of the company’s targeted range. Much of the gain was through existing customers and the continued success of the Discover It card, which...