August 18, 2013
The Six Things That Will Change the Future of Payments

Well, it’s that time of year … summer is (sadly) coming to a close, the kids are headed back to school and 2014 strategic planning sessions are kicking off. If...

August 01, 2013
Strange Statistics Around Mobile Shopping

Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which...

July 31, 2013
Today’s Briefs: August

Briefs from August 23, 2013 Uber Rakes In $360M In Latest FundingSan Francisco-based mobile taxi app provider Uber has raised $361 million as part of its latest private equity round,...

July 28, 2013
Mobile Shopping In Strange Places

As Americans, we know we’re obsessive about our smartphones, but a recent round of studies has given us new insight into just how attached we’ve become. On July 11, California-based...

July 21, 2013
Picking Yelp’s Future Payments Partner

August, as it turns out, is the second most popular month for weddings, coming in a fly’s eyelid second to June. This bit of summer trivia got me to thinking...

July 17, 2013
Banking On Bitcoin: Why Americans Are Pinning Their Hopes On...

By Pete Rizzo, Editor (@Pete_Rizzo_) There are few topics in the world of finance that are as polarizing as bitcoin. Regardless of your opinion on the popular virtual currency, it’s...

July 10, 2013
PYMNTS Prophecies: The Mid-Year Edition

Back on January 1, we brought you eight predictions for 2013 from around the payments industry, and had our own expert, MPD CEO Karen Webster, break them down. Now that...

June 19, 2013
Where In The World Is ISIS Wallet?

My, how time flies when you are having fun in the digital wallet space! Since we all had such a great time together reminiscing about Google Wallet last week, I...

June 14, 2013
Piecing Together Apple’s Payments Puzzle

In the game of payments chicken, Apple refuses to flinch first. As dozens of other players in the payments industry fight over scale and consumer acceptance, Apple remains content to...