Payment Methods

Barclays Rolls Out Cloud-Based Contingency Payments
September 11, 2015

In an effort to provide “backup” for corporate payments activity, Barclays is rolling out a cloud-based contingency service, Banking Technology reported Thursday (Sept. 10). The platform is geared toward giving corporate clients the ability to make payments if they are unable to use their traditional methods...

Verifone’s Latest EMV-Ready Payments Offering
September 11, 2015

Verifone is linking up with VAI, which provides enterprise resource planning software, in order to launch S2K Point, according to a Thursday (Sept. 10) release from the two companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

News
Sam’s Club Opens Doors For Amex
September 11, 2015

The year 2015 hasn’t been American Express’ friend. The big blow that came, of course, was that the card network was going to be severing its 16-year deal with Costco. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

The Apple Event: The Good, The Bad And The Quietly Interesting
September 11, 2015

Payments peeps already know what Apple didn’t say yesterday. For all the hoopla a year ago when Apple Pay was announced, when it came to Apple’s mobile ambitions, it was more or less a chorus of crickets save for the occasional cameo appearance of pay-by-phone...

Android Pay Is Officially In Play
September 10, 2015

The mobile wallet game just got a whole lot more interesting. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Visa Backs The (Block)Chain
September 10, 2015

Wall Street seems to have a love-hate relationship with bitcoin. But one blockchain-based startup just got some major support from Wall Street. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Mobile Commerce
Chase’s New App Pays Back Instantly At The POS
September 10, 2015

Chase has rolled out another mobile banking app — but this one allows consumers to redeem cash-back rewards instantly and use them during checkout. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

What Tim Cook Didn’t Say Yesterday
September 10, 2015

You don’t get to snag the top slot on the Payments Innovation Index (Pii360) – the rankings of the largest 100 companies in payments – without being innovative. Apple took the honors in 2015 and its innovation was on display in spades at Apple’s “Special...

Mobile Commerce
Commerce Goes Mobile, Global and Breached
September 10, 2015

As commerce goes global and mobile so does cybercrime. ThreatMetrix found that risk is growing across retail and finance, among other industries, and especially as cross-border transactions take off. Here are the details on the trouble spots – and just how cyber criminals are targeting...