July 01, 2013
Will Competition Lead To Better mPOS Solutions?
Since mPOS solutions became a huge hit with U.S. merchants, one industry has proven to be continuously hungry for the mobile technology: quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Adoption started with independent business...
June 26, 2013
PayPal Shoots For The Moon
As it turns out, astronauts and astro-tourists need payments love too. That’s at least the point of view of PayPal, the SETI Institute (a non-profit that is dedicated to exploring...
May 19, 2013
Two Years And Five Insights Later…
The Fed issued its update recently on the state of the mobile U.S. landscape two years after its Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup (MPIW) convened to provide guidance on how to...
March 24, 2013
The Innovation Project 2013: Igniting Payments Innovation
Visa, Chase Deal Personifies Payments Platform Trend Social Media Sentiments: Who Really Drives (Or Deters) Mobile Payments? The Innovation Project™ 2013 was an amazing experience from beginning to end. We...
March 04, 2013
Visa, Chase Deal Personifies Payments Platform Trend
Payments has always been about platforms, of course, given the sector's two/multi-sided structure. But the big news that broke across the industry over these last two weeks is, I think...
January 07, 2013
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or eCommerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
January 01, 2013
PYMNTS Prophecies: Our Take On Eight 2013 Predictions
2012 Year In Review Ready … Set … Wait! Will NFC continue to struggle in 2013? Will Apple fall in the battle for smartphone supremacy? How optimistic should we be...
November 26, 2012
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t MCX It
ANALYSIS FROM KAREN WEBSTER Groundhog Day At Google Wallet All Eyes On iZettle November 27, 2012 I’ve been thinking a lot about MCX these days....
October 17, 2012
Fast Food Now Even Faster In Portugal
Via Verde started out as a service that enabled its customers to pay for tolls in Portugal via a small box in their car that connected to their Via Verde...
