March 21, 2013
IP2013 Roundup: Western Union, CSI, Al Gore And More
By Ben Carsley, Editor/Writer (@BC_PYMNTS) Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s IP2013 Roundup: an in-depth look at The Innovation Project and all the news, rumors and reaction that spring form payments’ most influential...
March 19, 2013
You Have The Right to Remain Paperless: The “No Check”...
By René Lacerte, Founder and CEO of Bill.com Did you know there’s a whole new generation of CEOs and CFOs who run paperless businesses and insist on electronic payments instead...
March 06, 2013
eBay Ends Instant Sale Service For Gadget Trade-Ins
Online commerce giant eBay has shut down its Instant Sale service, which allowed users to submit smartphones and gadgets to the site for cash payments. The site had seen more...
February 28, 2013
NFC Without A Secure Element? Bankinter Has It
Bankinter is developing an innovative mobile-based payment solution that allows customers to securely and instantly create a onetime-use debit or credit card on their mobile phone both for contactless payments...
February 27, 2013
(More) News From MasterCard At MWC
Fresh from the MasterPass launch and a host of international news, MasterCard decided to make a few more announcements. There were three main themes here: Brazil, financial inclusion and mobile...
February 27, 2013
MasterCard’s Mobile World Symposium: mPayments Around The Globe
By Ben Carsley, Writer/Editor (@BC_PYMNTS) Continuing its emphasis on global reach, MasterCard held its Mobile World Symposium at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday. Quite frankly, the takeaways from some of...
February 14, 2013
OrderNow: Life Inside A Payments Startup
By Ben Carsley If you just focus on the press releases and the headlines, life in a payments startup can seem like a breeze. Who wouldn’t want to be labeled...
February 05, 2013
Aircel, ICICI Bank Bring Mobile Payments To India
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, and Aircel have announced the launch of a mobile banking service – Mobile Money. Mobile Money, designed especially for the unbanked population, will...
January 17, 2013
PYMNTS Goes To PayPal As The Commerce Giant Shatters Q4...
By Ben Carsley, Writer/Editor (@BC_PYMNTS) It’s been a pretty busy week for PayPal. On Monday, the company announced 23 new retail partners, plus a special testing feature with Jamba Juice....
Activity in the global real-time payments landscape remains strong, with NetXD’s cloud solution aiding the smooth onboarding and integration of banks onto the RTP® network in the U.S., while in Canada, the eagerly awaited Real-Time Rail payment system steadily advances toward completion and launch. This edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, examines the latest developments fueling the rapid expansion of instant transactions worldwide.
Being a truck driver is an essential job in the connected economy, and many must pay for gas and maintenance upfront, before payday. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest 19-page study, “Generation Instant: How Truckers Use Instant Payments to Support Their Lifestyles,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, examines the role of instant payments to keep more truckers on the road.