Innovation shouldn’t be just another item on the to-do list. Peter Read, president of Peoples Card Services, says that the true path to innovation is about solving real problems and making sure that that problem-solving focus never fades.
While the “official” start of summer — the one marked by the passing of the summer solstice — is still about a month away, the summer is getting its unofficial launch party this weekend in the United States with the celebration of Memorial Day. Summer used to...
You want to know what really sizzled this week? The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. We’ve even stopped complaining now that we skipped spring altogether and went right into summer – the sun is shining and everyone is smiling. The forecast...
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. And it is with sadness that PYMNTS notes the international aviation tragedy, and our thoughts go out to...
Things could be looking particularly favorable for First Data in the not-too-distant future, according to reports that emerged over the weekend. Shares in the payments processing firm could be set to rise as much as 70 percent if current performance trends carry forward. That would...
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. Is it fair to blame Amazon? The question is complicated. On the one...
