NetSpend Holdings Inc. and Discover Financial Services were the loan bright spots in a second consecutive down week for payments industries stocks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Mobile payments startup Emu has launched in the U.K., joining the European mobile POS industry. 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,...
There are plenty of reasons for consumers to turn to prepaid cards right now, and they’re doing so in record numbers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
What impact can social media really have on a consumer’s decision to make a purchase? 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,...
Brooklyn-based startup MyFreeATM is bringing an exciting new idea to the ATM industry – replacing transaction fees with advertising could appeal to millions of consumers. With the launch of seven new ad-based ATMs in the Barclays Center today, we take a look at how this...
Paydiant and Bank of America made major headlines yesterday, announcing the launch of a three-month pilot for a QR code-based mobile payments program. PYMNTS.com spoke with Chris Gardner, Paydiant’s co-founder, to discuss why the company chose QR codes as its technology of choice, what it...
We’ve seen NFC billed as the “next big thing” in payments for quite some time now, but where many just theorize, TSYS has taken action, bringing NFC to North America with its CIBC partnership. MPD’s Karen Webster spoke with Paul Bridgewater, Group Executive of Global...
A few weeks ago we reported on the success of the Raiffeisen Bank’s NFC experiment in Austria. Raiffeisen launched an NFC payment service combining Visa’s V Pay debit card and technology developed by Cardis and tested it among its employees in the Austrian city of...
The loyalty market is big in France with French consumers holding in average 9 loyalty cards. As such, Orange France decided to choose Adelya to develop a mobile loyalty wallet – CityziFid. The wallet will be available in all Cityzi phones and will group the...