Payment Methods

Earnings Edition Pt. 1: Amazon, Amex and eBay
October 26, 2015

There are many reasons to fall behind the news. Sometimes the news is so terribly uninteresting to watch that it just seems better to stick with Netflix. Sometimes the news is hard to take seriously because it really seems as though it might be some...

SMBs Get Into The Payments Groovv
October 26, 2015

“EMV was definitely the greatest invention for NFC,” says Joe Kaplan, CEO of Total Merchant Services, the creators of Groovv Terminal One, who partnered with Apple to distribute its solution to SMBs. Kaplan shares with MPD CEO Karen Webster how the TMS “smart terminal payment...

Company Spotlight
MasterPass Brings Tokenization Online
October 26, 2015

MasterCard is marking a first for the payments ecosystem by integrating tokenization into its MasterPass digital wallet, bringing that security capability into the realms of online and mobile transactions. Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterPass Global, talks with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the whole...

Amazon
Have Amazon’s Chickens Come Home To Roost?
October 23, 2015

Amazon’s Q3 earnings announcement is a tale of two companies. 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 this form, you...

Amex-Backed Bitcoin Venture Lands In US, EU Boots Bitcoin As Commodity
October 23, 2015

American Express made headlines yesterday, mainly for its less-than-stellar quarterly earnings. But it also made headlines for its connection to a much less traditional financial story. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

News
WeChat May Charge For Payments
October 23, 2015

Tencent Holdings’ mobile messaging app WeChat will soon be charging its 600 million+ users a fee for its payments and money transfer services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Apple Pay
Apple Year Two: Game On
October 23, 2015

Apple’s week started off in a celebratory manner, as the payments and commerce ecosystem spent much of Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of Apple Pay. PYMNTS got so excited that we even threw a party — and invited 13 of the smartest and sharpest in the industry to...

Inside (And Outside) The Vantiv Developer Lounge
October 23, 2015

Don’t let the name fool you: there’s very little chilling out going on at Vantiv’s Developer Lounge. Rather, as Matt Ozvat, VP of Developer Integrations at Vantiv, discusses with MPD CEO Karen Webster, the “Center for Innovative Payments” is a very busy hub of activity...

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JPMC Replaces Square As Starbucks Processor
October 23, 2015

Square has been replaced at Starbucks. 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 this form, you agree to...