Most wearables are consumer devices that keep tabs on steps climbed or emails or texts received. LibriSpark CEO Jeremy Feldman tells PYMNTS in this month’s Developer Tracker™ that the technology is now available to help merchants reinvent the POS – by wearing it. He’s not...
Meet Pepper, the 4 foot (sorta) humanoid figure that will take orders at Pizza Hut and even let the consumer pay for it. Science fiction? How about QSR reality. John Sheldon, SVP of Innovation at MasterCard Labs, tells Karen Webster how human-like robots could change...
It may be easy to assume that a person overseeing finance is only about the numbers, but Ed Jordan, CFO of Billtrust, begs to differ. Jordan discusses why strategy is a critical and necessary piece of the corporate financial puzzle.
While most Americans were probably ready to focus on a news event other than the presidential election, the tragic events of the EgyptAir crash were certainly not the way anyone wanted to get there. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Things could be looking particularly favorable for First Data in the not-too-distant future, according to reports that emerged over the weekend. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Were one to ask most brick-and-mortar retailers what their biggest problem is today, Amazon might not be their first pick, but it seems fairly certain that they’d be in the Top 3. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Does the idea of “payments nirvana” really hold any weight? Verifone CEO Paul Galant isn’t convinced. During his Fireside Chat with MPD CEO Karen Webster at Innovation Project 2016, Galant explained the need to let go of an idea of perfect payments and instead use...
CBS’ iconic “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday introduced mainstream America to this new thing (actually 45 years old) called FinTech, and used Stripe as an example of how accepting payments online can be as simple as “posting a picture to Instagram.” BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier...
As part of its second annual Everywhere Initiative, Visa is inviting startups to compete in creating “innovative solutions that solve Visa business problems and drive the future of commerce,” the company announced on Thursday (April 28). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
