Buy vs. build -- or partner? The lines between software companies and payments firms are blurring, which means strategy must change, too. Think of payments as a value-add, a toll road, a necessary ingredient, says Paya president Greg Cohen, but be mindful of what really...
Coinstar has announced that it has partnered with startup doxo to enable its coin-counting kiosks to offer a bill pay service. “Coinstar is very pleased to team with doxo to offer both billers and payers a new and convenient way to manage cash bill payments,”...
Finding the balance between speed and risk is a high wire act for processors when it comes to paying the middlemen -- namely ISOs and agents. T1 CEO Donald Kasdon weighs in on how real-time reporting and vigilance (of the human kind) can ensure merchant...
With Amazon, Kroger and other large retailers in the grocery business introducing digital technology, such as mobile self-checkout, how do smaller regional grocers compete? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Russia’s largest payments service, Yandex.Checkout, announced that online stores can now subscribe to a new service that allows merchants to sell goods and services on credit or by installments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
In the early 1900s, department stores came up with a novel idea to help their customers pay for their purchases: Customers could use metal plates — that looked like dog tags or tokens — at retailers such as Gimbels that tracked their spending. The idea was that...
Today’s average Canadian consumer is more cash-enthused than their average American counterpart. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
How to make contact with the idea of contactless? How to bring the mobile wallet to the U.S. in a way that makes a splash at a level seen elsewhere across the globe, especially in Europe? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Not with a bang, but with a whimper: That’s how Gene Neyer, chief strategy officer at Icon Solutions and this week’s Commander in Chief, says real-time payments technology will overtake the industry. Such major shifts, he said, don’t happen dramatically. Rome wasn’t built in a...
