Carrier-billing payments specialist Boku today touches 4 billion consumers worldwide through 270 carrier connections. Former Visa exec and now Boku’s CEO, Jon Prideaux, sees that as a unique and logical springboard to moving its product from digital to “real world” products. Market Platform Dynamics CEO...
Boston-based LevelUp has officially taken its iBeacon pilots out of stealth and is now running full tilt with this new technology. But today’s announcement is just the beginning of LevelUp’s plans to enhance the consumer experience and give merchants new options for serving them. PYMNTS...
Boston-based LevelUp has officially taken its iBeacon pilots out of stealth and is now running full tilt with this new technology. But today’s announcement is just the beginning of LevelUp’s plans to enhance the consumer experience and give merchants new options for serving them. PYMNTS...
Many businesses are working to find a comprehensive solution to the health care payments system, ensuring that all parties are satisfied and given payment options that suit their needs. Yesterday, WEX, Inc. took a major step forward in accomplishing that goal with a key acquisition.
Making mobile payments using an internet connection would soon be a thing of past with Edgepay POS terminals leveraging recently developed NearBytes technology that operates on encrypted sound. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Bitcoin quietly faced and passed through what has been called a “doomsday” scenario Friday night. GHash, a bitcoin mining pool (operated by an anonymous entity called CEX.io) briefly held 51 percent of total network mining. While that may sound like a less intriguing headline than...
Hopeful Amazon Kindle consumers who wanted a payment plan so they could purchase the coveted e-reader might be in luck. According to Amazon’s promotional page, customers can make five monthly payments instead of one lump sum at checkout, in order to buy a Kindle. Get...
Some pretty big stuff got the payments industry talking this week. PayPal’s President moves to Facebook, World Cup revelers can’t get Brazilian currency and a mobile payments innovator claims HCE isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. That was just Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!...
Examining changing trends in the payment industry from consumer credit to regulation and technology, Merchant Warehouse released its second 2014 State of Payments quarterly update. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
