Payments Innovation

Payments Innovation
Verifone CEO On Letting Go Of ‘Perfect Payments’
May 03, 2016

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...

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FinTech: What “60 Minutes” Left Out
May 03, 2016

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...

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Visa Opens Its Developer Sandbox To Startups
April 29, 2016

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). Visa will pose three real-life business challenges to the...

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Cashless Payments In A Snapshot
April 28, 2016

The big picture for most merchants is the bottom line. Companies want to ensure they aren’t missing out on the chance for new customers or additional purchases. In this month’s Developer Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Super Booths CEO Jeremy Radino about the increasing need to...

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Making Cashless Payments Picture-Perfect
April 27, 2016

The big picture for most merchants is the bottom line. Companies want to ensure they aren’t missing out on the chance for new customers or additional purchases. In this month’s Developer Tracker™, PYMNTS spoke with Super Booths CEO Jeremy Radino about the increasing need to...

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President (Jefferson)
April 16, 2016

Everyone loves Alexander Hamilton these days. The “ten dollar founding father without a father” is, shockingly, super trendy these days. The musical – a rapping version of the life and time of founding father Alexander Hamilton penned by certified MacArthur genius Lin-Manuel Miranda – is...

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The PYMNTS 5-In-1: April 12 Daily Data Digest
April 12, 2016

Step right up – it’s time for the Daily Data Digest. So what’s trending today? Peter Thiel is stepping up to invest in the tens of millions of Americans with irregular income, The FDIC managed to let a former employee download a whole lot of...

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Virtual Payments Processing Platform Goes Live
April 12, 2016

Commercial payments technology provider AOC Solutions announced the launch of its new processing platform for virtual payments on Monday (April 11). The platform, called Transact Global, provides a cloud-based infrastructure that aims to help solve the challenges facing multinational middle- and large-market entities within the...

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SMBs, Girding For Bumps In The Night
April 08, 2016

Small business owners must navigate between the old ways of doing things and embracing technological change, a dance that is never simple or comfortable. But it’s necessary, as MPD’s Karen Webster and Sage Payments’ CEO Paul Bridgewater agreed.