For those corporate employees who get frustrated by the slowness of decisions and the glacial pace of deployments, take comfort in the fact that this slowness was a gift for cyberthieves who wanted to—and successfully did—attack Home Depot. The attackers literally took advantage of the...
The mobile payment relationship between the major banks and Apple is, to put mildly, a delicate one. Apple’s move has the potential to vastly increase mobile payment revenue, which would create a potentially highly lucrative new market for the banks. But the precise details of...
The relative dominance of the QR code in the Chinese mobile payments market may be coming to an end, are at least facing its first serious challenger, as a new player rolls into town—Apple Pay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The announcement by Apple that they are going into the payments business as been good news point of sale tech maker Verifone. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
It looks like Apple might have a tougher time jumping into mobile payments than the euphoric press coverage would indicated, since the consumer population seems persistently dedicated to their total lack of enthusiasm for using their phone as a payment method. Get the Full Story...
For those who say there is no e-commerce application for social media the drug dealing population of Instagram stand as a stark, if weird, counter-example. These enterprising black market enthusiasts present a convenient online marketplace for pot, heroine, cocaine and pretty much anything else the...
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The huge cyber attack on Home Depot apparently used malware that was disguised as anti-virus protection (beware of cybergeeks bearing gifts), which suggests that, contrary to earlier reports, it was likely not the same group that hit Target. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
MasterCard has been trying to shift its image from a payments company to a technology company — and also, in the case of Millennials, an entertainment company, according to chief marketing officer Raja Rajamannar. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
