Heartland Payment Systems‘ third-quarter earnings Friday (Oct. 30) coincided with the announcement that it would be acquiring Xpient Solutions, a enterprise-level restaurant POS software service — a move that CEO Robert Carr said would better position Heartland continuing growing the core of its business. Get the...
USA Today has weighed in on the Apple Pay MCX CurrentC issue and is not pulling any punches. MCX seems to be what would have happened had “the Three Stooges had been given the assignment of introducing a new and safer way for consumers to...
You know mobile payments has gone mainstream when your mother starts talking about it – and it’s the topic of conversation on every single news program nearly nonstop. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga used Thursday’s (Oct. 30) earnings announcement to make a case that the brand’s own MasterPass starts where partner Apple Pay stops, with loyalty and other promotional capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Never let it be said that Apple doesn’t know how to launch a product. As October ends, Apple can report 1+ million downloads of its new digital wallet in just three days, a milestone that took Dunkin’ Donuts 6 weeks to achieve and Starbucks even...
What a week for 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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to...
The day after Visa signaled that it will raise the interchange fee charged to U.S. banks next year, both Visa and MasterCard “are on the verge of lowering the processing fees paid by Canadian merchants, a move that reflects the traction merchants have gained with...
There are three things that consumers, merchants, issuers and card networks all want from a payments experience: that it be secure, that it be easy to use and that it be available to consumers at all of the places they want to shop. The payments...
When Ramesh Tainwala took over as CEO of luggage giant Samsonite International this month, he got an important lesson in the nuance of phrasing in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
