December 27, 2010
Cloud Payments 311 Lesson 1: Landscape
by Tim Attinger LESSON 1 DISCUSSION QUESTION: What was the biggest innovation in payments system information management before the Internet age? Why? Click here to respond. In this course, we...
December 23, 2010
Virtual Currency Equals Love
On the 11th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me … 100 Facebook credits and told me I could go crazy buying virtual stuff for my farm on...
December 22, 2010
FinovateFall 2010 Demo Videos Now Available
We’re pleased to announce that the demo videos from FinovateFall 2010 are now available for free download (or immediate consumption) from the Finovate archives. This fall’s NYC conference showcased 56...
December 22, 2010
Twelve Days of Christmas
For payments, there is no partridge in a pear tree, no maids-a-milking, and probably not any gold rings coming the industry’s way. So we’re going to focus on the twelve...
December 21, 2010
Cash Usage: Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Despite years of predictions suggesting that cash would one day disappear, recent data suggests cash is not only here to stay, but its usage may in fact be on the...
December 21, 2010
Fed’s Debit Proposal: Your Questions Answered
To say that the Fed’s proposed regulations for debit card interchange have raised a lot of questions around the payments industry would be an understatement. Many of you voiced your...
December 21, 2010
Transcript: PYMNTS.com Webinar on Fed’s Draft Debit Card Regulations (Part...
– Download the Interchange Fee Proposed Rule Draft Notice – Download the Interchange Fee Proposed Rule Staff Memo – Watch PYMNTS.com Durbin Webinar: Analysis of the Fed’s Draft Debit Card...
December 20, 2010
Point of Sale Revolution: Transformation of Payment Acceptance
Point of Sale (POS) payment acceptance was once a relatively sleepy, almost commodity-like extension of the merchant acquiring business, with a handful of standard terminals manufactured by Verifone, Hypercom and...
December 19, 2010
Merchants Find wCharge Mobile Credit Card Processing May Be Make...
As this holiday shopping season begins, many merchants are counting on increased 2010 sales to make up for the last two years of extremely challenging sales. For many small or...