Exclusive Series

Bitcoin Bubble Tracker: December 13
December 12, 2013

Link to live trading on the various Bitcoin markets Bitcoin Bubble Tracker | Week 2 Last week’s Bitcoin bubble literally burst on the news that China ixnayed Bitcoin as a legitimate currency. Little known fact is that more than 60% of the activity was centered...

Bitcoin Bubble Tracker: December 6
December 11, 2013

Link to live trading on the various Bitcoin markets Bitcoin Bubble Tracker | Week 1 Bitcoin Background Every industry needs a good bubble and the payments industry’s newest bubble may just be bitcoin!  Bitcoin was created in 2009 by an unknown person under the alias,...

Breakthrough Series
Loop Talks $10M Round, Sets First Product Launch Date
December 11, 2013

Massachusetts-based mobile commerce solution provider Loop revealed in an exclusive interview with PYMNTS.com as part of our Breakthrough Series that it has secured $10 million in Series A angel investor funding (Jump to 0:30). Graylin hinted that later funding rounds will not be kept to...

Exclusive Series
Why EMV Isn’t Enough: 3D Secure Necessary To Curb Online Fraud
December 10, 2013

EMV has long been touted as a superior solution for controlling fraud at the physical point of sale, but critics say that it just moves fraud online where EMV is totally ineffective. However, a new analysis of the EMV migration in the U.K. points to...

Bitcoin Bubble Tracker: December 6
December 05, 2013

Link to live trading on the various Bitcoin markets Bitcoin Background  Every industry needs a good bubble and the payments industry’s newest bubble may just be bitcoin!  Bitcoin was created in 2009 by an unknown person under the alias, Satoshi Nakamoto. The online financial network...

Security Series
Accelerating EMV: Beyond The Card
December 03, 2013

EMV, as commentators have noted, affects not only hardware and software, but every card payment system, device and application. Rather than focusing on any potential expenses, however, Philippe Benitez, vice president of Business Development at Gemalto, suggests that stakeholders should instead consider the important elements...

Exclusive Series
The Top Mobile Authentication Method Revealed
November 19, 2013

Online and mobile commerce continue to be beset by issues relating to authentication, despite a variety of exciting solutions on the market. With so many options, how can businesses ensure they are selecting a technology that protects their assets, their customers and the online and...

Exclusive Series
Tokenization Or Encryption? Making The Right Choice For Your Customers
November 12, 2013

Tokenization has been lauded as a superior way to address online fraud, one that could enable future innovators to bring unparalleled security to the payments ecosystem. Still, despite its promise, confusion about tokenization remains. To bring clarity to this conversation, we spoke with Alex Pezold,...

Company Spotlight
Charting mPOS’ Explosive Growth: 2012, 2013 And Beyond
November 07, 2013

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of our MPOS Tracker, a monthly report designed to organize the mPOS ecosystem and sponsored by ROAM, we’ve released a new infographic that illustrates how the mPOS sector has exploded from its inception in 2012 to today. In just over...