Payment Methods

B2B Payments
PayPal Merchants Accepting Bitcoin, Sort Of
September 24, 2014

PayPal is taking another small step in helping digital currency, particularly bitcoin, enter the mainstream by helping their merchants accept bitcoin payments.  The leader in online payments is pairing up with Bitcoin processors  BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin to allow digital goods (ring tones, games, etc) merchants to take...

Merchant Innovation
Wayfair IPO: More Than $2 Billion Valuation
September 23, 2014

Online home furnishings retailer, Wayfair Inc., has set its value at more than $2 billion in documents filed in advance of its initial public offering of stock. Wayfair is projecting  an initial share price of $25 to $28 and  82,756,943 shares outstanding after the IPO. Get the...

Merchant Innovation
Pay By Phone To Park Now In Minneapolis
September 23, 2014

Perhaps it is the snobbery that associates sophistication with living on one of the two coasts, but when most people think about cities that are being innovative when it comes to mobile payments, Minneapolis probably isn’ their first thought.  New York, San Francisco or London...

Europe
EU Cracks Down On Mobile Payments
September 23, 2014

The European Union Council of Ministers is preparing to toughen the rules for all mobile and digital payments, according to a report in Computing.co.uk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Alternative Finances
New Partnership Set To Boost B2B eCommerce
September 22, 2014

Ecommerce company Gorilla Group and consulting firm itelligence announced last week that they had joined together to offer a new turnkey omni-channel B2B commerce option, Gorilla’s hybris Catalyst. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
CMS Payments Site Heading For More Downtime
September 22, 2014

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that its Open Payments website was going to experience downtime for “scheduled maintenance upgrades.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Mobile
Is Apple Pay Prepping A SIM Card For Next Year?
September 22, 2014

Is a vague comment from the CEO of SoftCard (formerly ISIS, the AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile mobile payment effort) that his group is “actively working with Apple” to be permitted onto the iPhone in 2015 “using integrated secure SIM-based hardware” an indication of a future...

PayPal Partners With Samsung On Mobile Pay By Watch
September 22, 2014

Though Apple gets all the press and glory, Samsung’s smartwatch is out there and may soon include a payments feature much like its Cupertino-born rival. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

News
Green Dot Buys Tax-Refund Biz
September 22, 2014

Next year, Green Dot’s contract with Walmart expires, a troubling detail for the prepaid card company considering that for much of its fifteen year existence, the majority of Green Dot’s profits have come from its mega-retailer parent.  In recent years, that has amounted to 55-65...