August 04, 2012
New Echo Card Combines Three Magstripe Cards Into One
The new Echo card from Protean lets consumers reduce wallet clutter by putting three of their payment cards onto one piece of plastic, TechCrunch notes. Users first load the information...
August 01, 2012
PYMNTS Daily Roundup: August 1-2
CardSpring Gains New Investors, First Data Partnership, As Its App Platform For Payment Cards Nears Launch Forum responds to Black Hat presentation on NFC vulnerabilities Facebook Better Get Mobile Quick....
July 03, 2012
All-American Apps: Mobile Works Its Way Into Summer Pastimes
Odds are you already use your phone for more than calling, texts and emails. Even if it just the occasional game of Skeeball, you’re like most people if you’ve found...
May 11, 2012
Wallets Within Wallets At CTIA: Will Competitors Play Nice?
As I said on Friday, CTIA invited 50,000 of its closest friends to gather in NOLA for its big International Wireless show. I moderated a panel on mobile commerce, plus...
April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 18, 2012
Uber, Transport’s Payments Innovator, Takes On Main Street
Uber, the private car service for urban executives, is expanding beyond its current business model to explore business opportunities at a lower price point. Uber calls itself “your on-demand private...
April 10, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 08, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now
I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...
April 01, 2012
PayPal Powers Cumberland Farms’ GPS-Enabled Gas App
PayPal’s PR people must be tired. The debut of PayPal Here, its new blue triangle dongle, was just two weeks ago; then the team turned around and introduced David Marcus...