The 2015 ThinkAThon, held on March 19 as part of the PYMNTS.com Innovation Project, cast players from the payments and commerce industry on two opposing teams in a series of lively debates on hot-button topics before a captive audience at the Sanders Theater. Get the...
Since the beginning of 2015, there have been over 20 major data breaches logged in the United States; Anthem, the Mandarin Hotel and Chick-fil-A are three of the biggest, but it seems that the international cybercriminal community is determined to surpass 2014 in its efforts to illegally harvest data from...
While the Code of Hammurabi is best known for the “eye for an eye” proclamation, it also deserves credit for being the first recorded instance in history where money was formally recognized as a tool of civil society. While less eye-catching than the retributive justice part,...
Before Innovation Project 2015 wrapped up on the evening of March 19 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, there was one key event left to do: honor the innovators. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
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A psychologist, a criminologist and a biologist walk in to a cybersecurity firm reads at first like the setup of an extremely conceptual joke. It is not. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
For payments players, the promise of the mobile device isn’t what’s new, and so these things look less like science fiction and more like natural extensions – which come with a lot of the same challenges as the original versions. As the world goes mobile,...
While it is hard to imagine today, approximately 18 months from now Americans, en masse, will feel strongly about two things: international competitive gymnastics and the fate of the American small business. PYMNTS is comfortable making such a bold prediction because 2016 is a leap...
Even gurus need good advice from time to time. In fact, Socrates – arguably the original guru – famously noted “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...