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...
April 12, 2010
Plastic Cards
About Dee Hock Dee Ward Hock (born 1929) is the founder and former CEO of the VISA credit card association. In 1968 Hock convinced Bank of America...
April 06, 2010
Online Banking Solutions (OBS) Demos New ACH and Wire Transfer...
Online Banking Solutions (OBS) What: At the upcoming NACHA PAYMENTS 2010 conference in Seattle, Wash., Online Banking Solutions (OBS),...
April 01, 2010
Where’s the Next Generation Wallet?
Why Contactless and Mobile Payments Have Lagged Behind in Consumer Adoption In the United States and around the world, financial institutions and non-banks are considering how and to what extent...
April 01, 2010
NFC and the Trough of Disillusionment
The announcement by the GSMA and its partners of another NFC demonstration pilot highlights how Near Field Communication is caught in the “trough of disillusionment.” Commerce innovators shouldn’t despair, the...
April 01, 2010
Mobile
Mobile is one of the hottest topics in payments and this is an ongoing resource for what’s next in mobile. Eye-Rollers and Openers: Breaking Down the Trends in Mobile Payments...
March 31, 2010
MasterCard: Igniting Innovation in Payments
MasterCard Worldwide’s Chief Innovation Officer, Josh Peirez sat down with industry expert and author of Paying with Plastic, David S. Evans. Josh has been with MasterCard since 2000 and is...
March 29, 2010
An Innovation Imperiled: Attempting ‘The Big Idea’ at the Wrong...
Replacing the Rubberband: How Payments Innovations that Once Failed Can Resurface and Thrive > The conference call had the hallmarks of a slam-dunk investment: big-name venture capitalists, founders who...
Most eCommerce merchants miss a crucial piece of the security puzzle: Just 33% use screening mechanisms that can identify potential fraud as the cause of failed payments. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study, “The Role of Fraud Screening in Minimizing Failed Payments,” a collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from 300 executives about the efficacy of eCommerce screening mechanisms.