There is no shortage of players racing for dominance in the mobile point of sale game in the United States. Well-known players on the list include Square, Stripe and Clover — but there are quite literally hundreds of others. And though the marketplace is more saturated today than...
Square has reached a milestone. As part of larger story on the future of the credit card processing company, TechCrunch shares that Square’s App Marketplace has connected 100,000 merchant users, double the number that were connected as of January of last year. Square tells TechCrunch...
Despite appearances earlier this week that Apple had lost out on bringing Apple Pay to China — with UnionPay’s announcement that it had selected British firm Powa to help it construct and launch its mobile payments platform — it seems appearances can be highly deceiving. Apple Inc....
Almost no one in the world is familiar with the name Cornelius McGillicuddy, and only the most avid baseball fans would know him better by his nickname, Connie Mack. Mack, FYI, was a baseball player in the early days of the professional game in the...
The latest addition to Verifone’s mobile point-of-sale solution offerings is keeping independent and micro-merchants in mind. Verifone said the durable and compact nature of its e265 mPOS terminal will enable merchants to bring globally certified payment acceptance directly to consumers, no matter the merchant environment. “Imagine...
Remember that time Tim Cook said that 2015 was going to be the “year of Apple Pay?” Well, it might have taken just about 11 months, but it looks like Walmart has formulated a response. Sure, Walmart’s announcement today (Dec. 10) that it is taking the mobile...
America can soon run on Dunkin’ and pay for it with a tap. Following closely on the heels of Starbucks’ recent announcement that it will soon accept Apple Pay, Dunkin’ Donuts is the latest retailer to announce that it will accept Apple Pay. Customers can gift...
Tyro Payments has just landed $72 million in new funding from Tiger Global, TDM Asset Management and Atlassian Cofounder Mike Cannon-Brookes to continue its quest to disrupt traditional banking down under. Tyro specializes in debit and credit payments and currently processes POS payments for 14,000 Australian...
Sarah Quinlan, SVP Market Insights at MasterCard Advisors, gave MPD CEO Karen Webster a brand new scoop on Black Friday predictions, consumer expectations and what today really means for merchants.
