April 25, 2014
WEX Europe Makes Strategic Agreement with Conferma
WEX Inc. a provider of corporate payment solutions, announced that WEX Europe Limited has entered into an international agreement with Conferma, a provider of Virtual Card Number (VCN) technology for...
April 25, 2014
PayPal Testing New ‘Wearable Wallet’ for Smartwatches
PayPal is testing the new software in the corporate office coffee shop.
April 21, 2014
Why Israel is the Hot Bed for Payments Start-Ups
Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as "Start-Up Nation." PYMNTS correspondent Andy Freedman is in...
January 05, 2014
2013: The Year of All…Or Nothing at All
Someone once said that even number years are always better than odd number years. If that’s true then 2014 has a lot to live up to! But as we all...
December 10, 2013
Would A Bitcoin By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Bitcoin isn’t usually something that I write about. And, trust me, after my colleague did a few weeks ago and was all but skewered as a result of his post,...
November 24, 2013
Innovations We’re Thankful For: Bitcoin
As we gear up for PYMNTS.com’s Innovation Project 2014 our annual showcase of the best new ideas and brightest minds in the payments space, we’re launching a special Innovations We’re...
November 14, 2013
Italy: Telecom’s Argentine divestiture sparks dawn raids
Authorities from regulator Consob reportedly searched offices of Telecom Italia Wednesday over the company’s planned divestiture of its Argentinian operations, according to a source. Consob, with the aid of tax...
November 07, 2013
Report: Underbanked Investments Top $5.2 Billion
Fintech companies targeting financially underserved consumers received $5.2 billion in investments between July 2012 and June 2013, Finextra reported on November 7. A study by the Center for Financial Services...
October 04, 2013
For Payments Startups, Is Timing Everything?
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo) Between Clinkle’s $25 million venture round, Braintree’s $35 million Series B and Kabbage’s $30 million Series C, the payments industry has seen no shortage of headline-making...
One-Third of Credit Union Members Would Leave for Better Credit Products
Consumers are on the hunt for better access to credit and financing, and they’re not afraid to shop around to find the FI providing the lowest rates and most convenient offerings. PYMNTS’ latest study of more than 4,000 consumers and 154 FinTech and CU execs reveals what CUs can do to win — and keep — consumers’ business. Read more in Credit Union Innovation: How Credit Products’ Rates and Terms Impact FI Selection,” a collaboration with PSCU.