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Exclusive Interview: Will Graylin on the Release of ROAM’s NFC Swiper
April 02, 2012

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Commentary by David S. Evans
April 02, 2012

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Leave Us Alone, We’re Innovating!
April 01, 2012

Last week I was asked to give my thoughts on what the market obstacles are to payments innovation and what if anything the government should do about this.  The occasion was an excellent conference put on by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. Get the...

Card Data Breach Slams Global Payments’ Stock
April 01, 2012

Global Payments Inc.’s stock price fell more than 9 percent on Friday after it was revealed the company had fallen victim to a card data breach. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Is 2012 the Inflection Point for Mobile Payments?
March 25, 2012

Prognosticators don’t do well in payments. Change happens more slowly than these pundits predict. And even when they learn this they still underestimate how slowly things change. Take cash. People have been predicting the death of cash since about the minute the baby general-purpose payment...

If NFC’s “Not For Commerce,” Maybe It’s For Lexus Ads?
March 21, 2012

Publisher Howard Mittman is calling the result “cutting edge.” And surely, it’s easy to believe that the ad for 2013 Lexus GS in the April issue of WIRED Magazine is the first to utilize near-field communication (NFC) technology in the magazine print space. Get the...

Why Do Some Groups Embrace One Card Programs While Others Resist?
March 21, 2012

To explore the topic further, the National Association of Purchasing Card Professionals (NAPCP) conducted a poll January 26 through February 10, 2012. Open to end-user organizations only—those that do and do not have One Cards—it yielded 117 responses. The majority (71%) indicated using some form...

PayPal Poked at Goldman Sachs
March 14, 2012

The Goldman Sachs technology conference last week in San Fran sure did stir the pot around PayPal and its Point of Sale ambitions. The centerpiece of this criticism is PayPal’s earlier in the year public announcement of its physical point of sale trials with Home...

Mobile Web Beats Smartphone Apps, Says Nielsen
March 12, 2012

The U.S.’s top five retailers reached nearly 60% of all smartphone users via app or website in December, new data from Nielsen suggest, based on a sampling of 5,000 users. The latest estimate from comScore suggests that a 60% share of smartphone users represents roughly...