MoneyGram announced the addition of two leaders this week, a move that is expected to help the money transfer and payments services company focus more on emerging markets and self-service channels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Does Bitcoin have a future? Bloomberg today reported on how Bitcoin is used and whether or not there is real value in the currency. Several illustrious Bitcoin disbelievers joined together around the Bloomberg desk to discuss the state of Bitcoin and its future. Economist David...
The mobile payments market just got rocked, as LoopPay announced it secured an investment from Visa. What does a card network that has invested tons in NFC and EMV want with a mobile payments solution that leverages mag stripe technology? Well, providing their issuers and...
Question. What’s the biggest misperception about MasterCard’s MasterPass mobile commerce platform? Answer. That it’s just a digital wallet. MPD CEO Karen Webster caught up with Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterPass to chat about the platform strategy that underpins MasterPass, how it plans to keep...
Payments technology firm Virtual Peggy, which launched the youth payment technology Oink, announced that it partnered with Amplifi Commerce to better reach teen retailers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
The Russian government announced that in order for Visa and MasterCard to continue operating in the country without paying a huge security deposit, the card companies just need to do one thing: find a Russian payment system deemed “of national importance” to process their transactions....
Restaurant management and gaming hardware and software developer “E la Carte” opened its platform to outside developers, says TechCrunch. Already a provider of an interactive table tablet for Applebee’s, the company said that it wants to be able to enable any developer to distribute applications...
The push for businesses and governments to “go digital” is stronger than ever. But how many entities can boast that their electronic invoicing adoption improved by 300 percent in just six months? The odds are, very few. Mexico, however, can proudly make that statement. But...
MasterCard’s latest Card Personalization Validation module in the Collis EMV Personalization Validation Tool qualified by MasterCard, including the U.S. Common Debit AID, according to a UL release. The tool will be used to support EMV card issuers in the U.S., and specifically “checks if MasterCard...
