April 16, 2010
More Than Money

    Published in 1888, Bellamy’s book about achieving a utopian society was a huge best seller in its time.     “Perhaps you would like to see what our...

April 16, 2010
From Seashells to Electrons

    “The use of coin, which has been handed down to us from remote antiquity, has powerfully aided the progress of commercial organization, as the art of making glass...

March 15, 2010
5 Burning Questions: ChargeSmart’s COO Philip Mikal

Philip Mikal is Chief Operating Officer of ChargeSmart, a provider of online payment solutions to the financial and mortgage industries. Headquartered in San Francisco, ChargeSmart enables customers to pay their...

December 13, 2009
USA Technologies Surpasses $5M a Month in Processed Cashless Transactions

USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), announced today an important company milestone in cashless transaction processing – surpassing $5 million in cashless micro-transactions processed through its network in a single month....

December 13, 2009
ParkMobile Deploys Cashless Parking Solution for Mobile Callers in U.S.

VoltDelta OnDemand Solutions is providing the voice recognition and telephony resources for ParkMobile’s ‘cashless’ parking solution in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first of its kind deployed in North America, this...

December 11, 2009
The Cost of Cash vs. Cashless Vending

A comparison of the cash and the cashless vending market and a look at the industry sizing figures from two leading vending industry census reports. Michael Kasavana Ph.D., is the NAMA-endowed...

December 10, 2009
5 Burning Questions on Last Cash Markets: Derek Pilling

PYMNTS.com put Derek Pilling, a venture capitalist and Managing Director at Mertitage Funds, in the Briefing Room Hot Seat to answer five burning questions on last cash markets. Derek weighs...

December 10, 2009
Last Cash Markets

5 Burning Questions on Last Cash Markets: Derek PillingPYMNTS.com put Derek Pilling, a venture capitalist and Managing Director at Mertitage Funds, in the Briefing Room Hot Seat to answer five...

October 15, 2009
A Review of Payment Card Economics

The proliferation of payment cards-that is, debit, credit, and prepaid cards-has dramatically changed the way we shop and merchants sell goods and services. Today, payment cards are indispensable in most...