October 03, 2017
Today In Data: #KilltheCheck
Though paper checks are clunky, unpopular and outdated, they still dominate the American economy in terms of payment methods, with more than $22 trillion in checks written each year. That’s bad...
October 03, 2017
NEW STUDY: Consumers Hate Getting Checks, Why Do Companies Still...
Paper checks are clunky, unpopular and outdated. So, why do they still dominate the American economy, with more than $22 trillion in checks written each year? Ask the ones writing...
September 26, 2017
Banking On Push Payments For Banking
Peer-to-peer payments show the value and consumer demand for payments pushed directly to accounts. And now the banking industry is ready for its close-up, too. Get ready for a change...
September 15, 2017
NEW REPORT: Helping Beauty Professionals Tame The Cash Flow Beast
Time is money. And for contractors in the beauty industry, time wasted by no-show customers cuts right into the bottom line. But new payment tools are now available to help...
September 06, 2017
How (And Why) Cash Keeps Its Crown
With almost everyone who is anyone in payments declaring war on cash these days, one might reasonably expect the paper currency’s days as a dominant or even important payment vehicle...
August 07, 2017
What Walmart Pay Knows That Apple Pay Doesn’t
A lot of exciting things have happened in payments — and commerce, more broadly — over the last three years. PayPal became pals with the card networks and their issuers. India demonetized...
July 24, 2017
What’s Fast And Slow And Read All Over?
Innovative ideas are inspired by smart people who see problems and have the conviction, capital and courage to come up with new ways to solve for them. Take faster payments....
July 10, 2017
Americans Want Paper Checks To Die (#KillTheCheck)
Cash is garnering less interest among American consumers, who are excited about mobile payments. That’s according to a new survey from Viewpost, which polled 1,000 consumers in the U.S. According...
June 09, 2017
Mastercard Launches B2B Payments Hub
In the world of consumer payments in 2017, seeing a paper check out in the wild has become a genuinely rare event. Sure, there’s the occasional rent check or the...