Digital banking has been slower to ignite in the U.K. than originally predicted, according to a survey from Accenture. Despite the fact that British banks have been shuttering branches in response to the reported growing popularity of digital channels, as it turns out, British consumers...
Fighting the trend that has seen millennial consumers—those aged 18 to 34—increasingly pulled away from traditional banking channels in favor of all digital methods of storing, moving and using money like Google Wallet or PayPal; one Chicago area bank is officially rolling out a digital...
Oberthur Technologies (OT) and SecureKey will be collaborating on a range of online authentication solutions that could make entering passwords a thing of the past. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Though it could have gone down in history alongside the Twinkie defense as creatively ludicrous defenses in a criminal trial, the judge in the Silk Road trial has struck down the “Bitcoin isn’t money, and without money their can be no money laundering” defense that...
Want to really know why mobile payments struggle to ignite? Bad design. At least that’s what Seattle-based startup Artifact says and why it is has created an entirely new payments form factor that fits on your wrist, is biometric, supports Beacon, enables payments and makes...
As Amazon, Alibaba and eBay get bigger, it’s often tempting to assume that SMBs don’t stand a chance at competing. Meritus has a different point of view that starts with raising the “payments intelligence” of SMBs thru a suite of tools that ultimately help them...
New Nielsen research suggests consumers max out at 26 or so apps a month – which means commerce and payments apps have to be amazingly compelling to pry eyeballs from games and other software. Other than hiring George Clooney or Kate Upton as apps spokespeople,...
In response to the rapid growth of in-person and online gambling, First Data is launching PayLucky Solutions. PayLucky is a suite of payments services meant to help legal gaming entities manage all their payment needs in a single location Get the Full Story Complete the...
Bitcoins.com, currently home to a very nice beginners primer on digital currency, has up until today been the property of Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Mt. Gox. After today, it remains to been seen, as the domain name is going up on the auction...
