October 17, 2012
Uber Follows Square, Ends New York City Taxi Service

Uber has discontinued its New York City Taxi service one moth after launch thanks to disagreements with the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), notes Venture Beat. The announcement comes just...

October 17, 2012
cab:app – Driving Mobile Payments Across The UK

cab:app is a new easy and convenient way to hail a taxi in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, among others. PYMNTS.com spoke with Peter Schive, co-founder of the company about the...

October 16, 2012
Merger Control in India

Nisha Kaur Uberoi, R. Shyam Khemani, Cyril Shroff, Oct 15, 2012 Although India enacted the Competition Act in 2002 (“Act”), various legal challenges delayed its implementation and the Competition Commission...

September 03, 2012
Apple and NFC: Will They Or Won’t They?

I have a confession. I like to study vintage advertising. I know, it probably sounds weird in this day of digital and mobile techniques but I think that looking at...

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...