Brave Software, the new ad-free browser, announced last week it released Brave for desktop and the beta of Brave Payments, its bitcoin-based micropayments system that lets users automatically and privately pay their favorite websites. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Boo. Labor Day, at least in the U.S., signals the unofficial end of summer. For payments, there doesn’t appear to be very many of those lazy, hazy summer days — it was busy. There were more than a few crazy ones. Here’s how payments spent...
Fonix, the mobile payments and messaging company, has been chosen by BuyGameCredit, a Microsoft partner, to enable players to purchase Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Network subscriptions, gift card credit and games instantly using their mobile phone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Contactless card payments are gaining traction in the U.K., with Brits more likely to make a payment via contactless card than check, according to research by Mintel, the global market research firm. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The movement to EMV and chip cards has been one of safety, but card users themselves have been disgruntled when actually using the cards. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Alphabet, the parent of Google, is getting into the digital payments market in Japan, inking a deal with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) for its Android Pay platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The latest update to the Google Wallet app will enable users to make automatic bank transfers, no longer requiring that funds be cashed out from the Wallet balance beforehand. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
When it comes to weather, no news is usually good news. Odds are if the whether has become newsworthy, things have gone quite badly wrong. The flooding in Louisiana — and the various tragedies associated with it — is the dark side of this truism....
Ramen noodles — specifically, the instant kind beloved of college students and people with hangovers everywhere — probably doesn’t strike you as a product with a rich and glorious history. To look at the hard bricks of noodles and their little spice packets, it is...
