May 15, 2014
The Death of Paper Checks, Really
The one place that paper checks are alive and well are in B2B transactions. And ePayments solutions have been slow to catch on given all of the hoops that businesses...
May 12, 2014
Alibaba: The Other 550M Gorilla in Payments
While everyone in payments has been focused on another player out west whose name begins with an “A” no one has really paid much attention to the other one even...
May 08, 2014
PYMNTS Flashback: Alibaba And ShopRunner Say “Open Sesame” To Digital...
Everybody knows the ancient story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. “Open Sesame” were the magic words that opened a cave where Ali Baba saw an abundance of gold...
April 28, 2014
How Much Is Square Really Worth?
The payments version of the rumor mill has been going full tilt about whether Square’s running out of cash, whether it’s up for sale, and how much it’s really worth....
April 21, 2014
Walmart Banks on Cash
Walmart got the entire financial services industry buzzing last week with its Walmart-2-Walmart domestic P2P play. But what everyone forgot to focus on is the real story: the value of...
April 16, 2014
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers—That Was Then, This is Now
The Fed issued its update recently on the state of the mobile US landscape two years after its Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup (MPIW) convened to provide guidance on how to...
April 16, 2014
Black Swans, Payments and 1982
Actions in the aftermath of the recent merchant data breaches have demonstrated the potential dangers that extend beyond simply not improving payments-data security. Knee-jerk reacting is another, and that appears...
April 15, 2014
So, You Want To Do A Loyalty Program – Why?
Consumers aren’t likely to be loyal to any one brand, companies that spend more on loyalty programs aren’t as profitable as companies that don’t and companies with the most loyal...
April 07, 2014
Apps and Merchants and Payments, Oh My!
Ever wish it were as easy as having a pair of Ruby Red slippers to get where you want to be? In the case of retailers, it would be to...
