April 13, 2011
How the Rise of Facebook Commerce Will Impact Payments
In this exclusive NEXTcast interview, PYMNTS.com talks with Adgregate Markets COO John Underwood, one of the authors of the new report, “The Effect of Social Networks and the Mobile Web...
April 11, 2011
Managing the Risks and Security Threats of Mobile Payments
Introduction Over the past decade, mobile phones have emerged as one of the most ubiquitous technologies in human history. Today, billions of people in virtually every corner of the...
March 18, 2011
MedDraft Launches Payment Website
MedDraft Debt Prevention ServicesTM, a payment solutions company, has launched its new web portal—Medicalbillpaid.com™—which enables providers to accept payment from patients online. Membership to Medicalbillpaid.com gives providers an instantaneous, customized...
March 16, 2011
Mobile and Social Payments for Charity- Making a Difference in...
The recent Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters bring home once again how fragile and precious our lives can be and reminds us too of how easily disaster can strike...
March 13, 2011
Managing the Risks and Security Threats of Mobile Payments
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction Over the past decade, mobile phones have emerged as one of the most ubiquitous technologies in human history. Today,...
February 10, 2011
Amer Sajed, CEO | Barclaycard US (Transcript)
Click here to watch video interview DAVID EVANS: Hi, this is David Evans. I’m in a very snowy Marblehead, Massachusetts today. I have the pleasure of speaking with Amer Sajed,...
February 09, 2011
Securing Mobile Money to Deliver on the Promise
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Editor’s Note Nowadays, there is not a month without multiple announcements or rumors pertaining to new mobile payments or banking...
January 17, 2011
Transcript: TSYS Execs Discuss First National Merchant Solutions Acquisition
Listen to audio interview DAVID S. EVANS: Hi, this is David Evans from PYMNTS.com. Exciting news today – TSYS acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in First National Merchant Solutions...
January 03, 2011
Payments Resolutions Worth Keeping
Sidelining the sweets? Forgoing the french fries? There are some New Year’s resolutions worth keeping this year and continuing the Resolution Series, Karen Webster shares her 2011 payments New Year’s...
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 withThe Clearing House, examines the latest developments fueling the rapid expansion of instant transactions worldwide.
One in four SMB receivers say poor payment timing is their top challenge in processing nonrecurring or ad hoc payments, yet only 39% of these payments are received through instant channels. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 405 SMB receivers, How Instant Ad Hoc Payment Costs Impact Small SMBs,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, explores why, detailing how costs and availability impact micro SMBs’ interest in instant.