Do Visa and MasterCard have enough control over the U.S. payment card market that they can violate a smart card patent. A federal appeals court last week began hearing arguments in a case in which card vendor SmartMetric Inc. contends they do, and have. Get...
One of my colleagues recently shared an anecdote about something she observed while in a hotel lobby in San Francisco. A group of young people had gathered, ready to head out for the evening. They were debating how to get to their destination. After a...
It seems Apple is getting ready to make a shift in the way that families can share content purchased in its app store by making it easier to distinguish sharable from not sharable material. A new tag was discovered by iFun that will apparently work...
Retail real estate developer Simon is moving to make mall-based shopping a little more technologically advanced with beacons. Simon has expanded its partnership with Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. to create “smart malls” in 200+ Simon retail locations using Bluetooth-enabled iBeacon technology. Get the Full Story Complete...
San Francisco-based LendUp will announce today that is has signed two service agreements with global money transfer and payment services company, MoneyGram, according to a LendUp release. LendUp will enable real-time offline payments for loans using MoneyGram’s ExpressPayment Service at 39,000 agent locations in the...
Americans get 5 billion emails a day and 75 percent of them are viewed on mobile devices. @Pay has taken this 30 year old communications tool and turned it into a powerful point of sale. PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster caught-up with @Pay’s CEO John Killoran...
Home design e-tailer Fab.com is in talks to be acquired, according to comments its CEO made to Forbes.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
The Paym service seems to be taking off among British banking customers. More than a million users have signed on to use the service, which allows (U.K. equivalent) ACH transfers of funds between mobile numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Blackhawk Network is partnering with Barclays Bank to enable merchant gift cards as a choice on the Pingit mobile payments app. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
