Investors everywhere are in the midst of some pretty heavy headwinds, both public and private. In FinTech and payments, it’s particularly tricky. Here’s a look into our crystal ball for how we see the rest of 2016 playing out in our favorite sector. Hint. It’s...
Unless you’ve been living under a payments rock for the past few years, it’s no secret that American Express has had its fair share of misery. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Fox Business reported on Monday (March 7), citing sources at American Express, that Ken Chenault, chief executive officer of the payments giant, may be on the way out, amid simmering tensions with the board of directors. And there’s another shoe to drop in the form...
There was a time when prepaid cards were only good for calling back home long distance or keeping otherwise embarrassing purchases off of credit card statements. With Tuxedo’s latest feature, though, prepaid cards could suddenly be good for a lot more. Get the Full Story...
Retailers must grapple with legacy payments systems and fickle consumers. Here’s how Anand Ramakrishnan, CEO of Opus, sees the industry transitioning past pain points to the digital age.
In the everlasting fight to remove any and all obstacles in the way of a consumer who wants to pull the trigger, each new mobile payments platform has tried to be more seamless and convenient than the last. Now that smartphones, smartwatches and IoT-enabled fashion...
Reports surfaced yesterday (March 3) indicating that MasterCard is considering a bid for U.K. payments provider VocaLink in what could be as much as a $1.4 billion takeover, according to unnamed sources cited by Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Investment valuation is a tricky thing — mercurial and temperamental, depending on who is doing the valuing. In recent weeks, tech stocks, most notably those of startups, have been volatile. And in some cases, large funds have been taking down their estimates of just how...
Mobile wallets and contactless payments are perhaps more accessible than ever before – with more merchants and companies pushing mobile payment acceptance and support as a priority. But the results from the 2015 U.S. Consumer Payment Choice Study, conducted by TSYS, shows that debit cards...
