Commodity. Currency. A hybrid of the two. Where you stand on bitcoin determines how you use it, but as Gene Kavner, founder and CEO of iPayYou notes in the latest PYMNTS Topic TBD with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, as bitcoin moves more mainstream, its presence in retail as...
EGift cards are the closest thing to the perfect digital gift — sometimes. In the latest PYMNTS Topic TBD, Deepak Jain, CEO of Swych, discussed how technology and mobile are innovating the delivery of gift cards that “switch” into the perfect gift — even if...
Care to hazard a guess as to where eCommerce and retail may be headed in the year ahead? In our latest Topic TBD installment, Poynt CEO Osama Bedier does just that, predicting that, among other things, the retailer with the best (mobile) consumer experience, on...
Same Day ACH numbers made news last week, so putting them in the context of retail payments was the focus of PYMNTS Topic TBD with Charlie Youakim, CEO of Sezzle. Youakim tells Karen Webster how the combination of Same Day ACH and cash back rewards...
As one political party moves out and President-elect Trump moves in, what’s in store for the economy, money, monetary policy and fiscal policies? In the latest PYMNTS Topic TBD installment, Lawnmower Founder Alex Sunnarborg told Karen Webster that one thing’s for sure: It’s bitcoin's (and...
Pity the banks. Tech upstarts get all the digital and real ink when it comes to coverage. Banks get written off as financial services has-beens. But the reality is a little different, and as Mike Galarza, CEO of Entryless, explained to Karen Webster in last...
Trust, but verify? How about verify, then trust? As data breaches proliferate, financial institutions must make sure that consumers are who they say they are, online and offline. And according to Socure CEO Sunil Madhu in Friday’s episode of PYMNTS Topic TBD, new layers of verification...
Many firms live the equivalent of paycheck to paycheck — with less than a month’s worth of cash in the bank. Financing receivables offers small and mid-sized firms a working capital lifeline in a world where banks are skittish lenders, TradeRocket’s Jeff Gapusan, head of capital...
Look past Snapchat Spectacles, and the question remains: Who wants wearables, and what will they do with the devices once they have them? In the latest TBD with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Cortex MCP CEO Shaunt Sarkissian weighed in on what might put wearable technologies firmly...
