MasterCard has announced that it will acquire Applied Predictive Technologies – a cloud-based analytics provider – for $600 million. 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...
Apple Pay has made a major pick-up in its quest to sign on retailers – and one that comes as a particularly ominous sign for yet-to-launch rival mobile wallet platform CurrentC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
While Apple doesn’t like to speak specifics about how Apple Pay is doing — transaction-wise at least — the company does like to highlight one key metric: how many devices it’s selling that enable consumers to use its mobile payments app. Get the Full Story...
Discover cardholders can soon use those cards to make mobile payments via Apple Pay. 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...
Freelancer.com, the online job marketplace, has made its way into payments as the company announced Monday (April 27) that it had acquired the payment services provider Escrow.com for $7.5 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
China Telecom – the nation’s largest telecom operator – has officially teamed up with Alibaba to roll out low cost ($48) smartphones to citizens in rural China. The deal with China Telecom – and access to its 186 million subscribers – is part of a...
French startup Lydia launched with a simple idea: become the alternative to Venmo for French users. The firm’s amibitions have expanded since launch, however, and nowadays users can also shop on eCommerce websites through Lydia. And the app is now ready to go on the Apple Watch, which...
Starbucks executives spent the past two quarters sharing stats about what makes the coffee company one of the top retailers when it comes to mobile transactions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Politics and bitcoin have a lot in common: both face massive skepticism from the general public. 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...
