When it comes to the new and emerging legal cannabis industry – along with the closely related trade in CBD products – payments and compliance issues, as one can imagine, have tremendous importance, and companies are striving to get into the game via those angles. The...
A state-owned e-wallet platform called LinkAja was launched on Sunday (June 30) in Jakarta, Indonesia, according to reports. 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...
The digital transformation of India’s payments landscape is underway, through government mandate, and a slew of banking and FinTech players. Jeremy Wilmot, group president at ACI Worldwide, tells Karen Webster that greenfield opportunities exist in a marketplace featuring more than 1 billion consumers, tech-savvy and...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments continue to gain popularity among consumers, with two of the biggest providers, Zelle and Venmo, reporting ongoing and significant gains. But amid that growth is a fresh trend that could present challenges for law enforcement — the use of such payment methods...
Payment company Wirecard is introducing a new service called boon Planet, a mobile payment app, the company said in a release. With boon Planet, customers can transfer funds, open accounts, make contactless payments with smart devices and access real-time transaction overviews. The app is entering...
Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. Razer, which is worth more than $1 billion and is listed...
Big news from PayPal — the payments firm on Thursday afternoon (June 20) that COO Bill Ready is leaving the company. According to a statement from PayPal, “Ready will transition at the end of 2019 to pursue entrepreneurial interests outside the company.” Ready joined PayPal...
Apple Pay has added support for users in the Netherlands and also expanded services for Revolut users, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
With summer upon us, it might have escaped notice that the decade of the 2010s is about to end. We don’t mean to get nostalgic or weepy-eyed (not just yet), but it’s worth noting that the past 10 years or so have brought significant, even...
