The Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care (BACPAC) Act of 2014 (HR 4673) was introduced this week, and is designed to establish bundled payments for post-acute care services covered by Medicare. What does it mean for the health care payments business?
Visa and MasterCard have a lot to contend with these days. With use of mobile devices for payment increasing, EMV on the U.S. horizon, and Russia's demand to collect millions in collateral to let them continue operating in that country, many in payments wonder what...
Google and eBay may be about to butt heads over the latest update to the Google search algorithm dubbed Panda. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Mobile-contactless payments have long been widely predicted to be on the verge of exploding, but the boom as of yet has not been felt in the marketplace. While we’ve heard it before, Juniper research predicts that soon we will all see it as well. In...
Ah, yes, if only executing omnichannel were as easy as saying that it’s a priority! What makes omnichannel tricky is enabling a seamless, secure and easy retail experience across all channels, not just payment. While many claim to have found the “secret sauce” to enabling...
Integrated business solutions are the new “black” in merchant acquiring, offering new value to merchants and new value to the acquiring industry and distribution networks that serve them. Noel Fundora, SVP of Ignite Payments, and Mark Schulze, co-founder of Clover, sat down with MPD CEO...
Retail leaders’ efforts to come together in the fight against cybercrime took a new turn recently with the formation of a sharing center to pool their knowledge. Their efforts were bolstered by three government agencies who have an interest in keeping a lid on cybercrime....
Consumers move seamlessly between their connected devices 21 times every hour, doing everything from texting to shopping. They expect retailers to be in lockstep with them and things that were once thought of as innovative as now “table stakes.” In this exclusive interview, Mike Passilla,...
A greater percentage of Target shoppers are opting to use Target’s REDcards, debit and credit card products that offer users automatic 5 percent discounts. The boost in REDcard use id helping the megaretailer deflect interchange expenses while also providing it with valuable customer data.
