Payment Methods

Banks Opting For Less Secure Signature Cards
January 06, 2015

Many major U.S. banks could be looking toward better security measures that use chip-and-PIN technology, but instead are opting for new credit cards to use chip-and-signature security, The Wall-Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Millennial Boost For Mobile Payments?
January 06, 2015

Millennials are far more interested in starting their own businesses than climbing the corporate ladder, and that may drive new payments technologies over the next few decades, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Chinese Mall Giant Wanda Raises $161M To Go After Alibaba
January 06, 2015

Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda Group has pulled in 1 billion yuan ($161 million) for what it hopes will be the biggest omnichannel retail operation in the world, according to Forbes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Merchant Warehouse Becomes Cayan: The Payment Possibilities Company
January 05, 2015

Payment technologies and processing solutions provider Merchant Warehouse today unveiled its new name, Cayan™, according to a company press release. The new identity reflects the company’s bold vision and commitment to continued innovation in the future. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Bitcoin’s New Year Price Plunge
January 05, 2015

Bitcoin prices took a nosedive this weekend falling a whopping 17.2 percent, in just 72 hours, from 311.05 on Friday to $257.61 on Sunday. That completes a rocky year of ups and downs for bitcoin, but mostly downs, with the leading crypto-currency falling 72.8 percent...

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Apple Pay’s Impact On Payments
January 02, 2015

Steve Jobs reportedly once told Apple’s Mac development team, “It’s better to be a pirate than join the Navy.” When George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest (Mallory attempted the world’s highest peak three times and was killed during his third...

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Big Apple Looks At Apple Pay For Parking Tickets
January 02, 2015

New York City’s finance department is looking for better ways for residents to pay the up to 10 million parking tickets issued there every year — and that may include Apple Pay, PayPal and Bitcoin, according to MarketWatch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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One Word For Bitcoin 2014: Unpredictable
January 02, 2015

Bitcoin’s plunge in value during 2014 may have been worse than the Russian ruble, and its detractors have branded it as the year’s worst investment, but only some of them predicted it — and other predictions of how the cryptocurrency would do in 2014 were...

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Fed: Faster Payments Depend On Security, Standards And Bank Buy-In
December 31, 2014

The U.S. payments industry lacks common standards for interoperability, and that’s standing in the way of faster payments and better payments security. That’s the conclusion of a Federal Reserve-sponsored symposium on payments innovation, according to the Chicago Fed Letter. Get the Full Story Complete the...