Payment Methods

Visa Prepares European Tokens And P2P Payments
February 24, 2015

Apple Pay is coming closer to reality in Europe as Visa prepares for a mid-April launch of  a tokenization service customized for the European marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Mobile Pay Tech Lets Users Say To Pay
February 24, 2015

Biometric authentication technology company NXT-ID wants to bring consumers who want to pay with their phone a new, and potentially easier method to say how they want to pay: by using their voice. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Faster, Smarter, Better FI Innovation
February 24, 2015

Conventional wisdom would say that delivering a solution that’s faster, better and smarter is impossible since you often sacrifice one or two of those attributes to get the other(s). But Fiserv’s SVP of Emerging Payments, Ginger Schmeltzer says that all three are, in fact, what...

Mobile Commerce
Google Buys Softcard Technology And Buries The Brand
February 24, 2015

Google has effectively acquired Softcard, the mobile payments system backed by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, and will pay the mobile carriers to enable Google Wallet on the Android smartphones they sell, the companies announced on Monday (Feb. 23). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

The Global Cost Of Anti-Money-Laundering Efforts
February 24, 2015

Global efforts to prevent money laundering are both ineffective and incredibly expensive to maintain — and poor countries are the ones hit hardest by that cost, according to a commentary for Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Grabble On-The-Go Fashion App Swipes Up $1.8M
February 23, 2015

The British fashion app Grabble, which uses Tinder-style swipes to help customers make fashion purchases from retailers, just landed a $1.8 million fundraising round from a series of angel investors, as the company seeks to expand to the U.S. and Asia within the year. Get...

Zuckerberg Hints At Facebook’s Operating Partnership Future
February 20, 2015

In an interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang that aired on Feb. 19, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened up about how Facebook will expand on its operating partnership plans through Internet.org, emphasizing the need for connectivity among people on key aspects like health and government services, as...

Merchant Innovation
Fiscal Systems, P97 Partnership Provides Mobile Pay At The Pump
February 20, 2015

In a press release from Feb. 17, Fiscal Systems Inc. and P97 Networks announced a partnership to accelerate mobile commerce for retail fuel and convenience stores at the Western Petroleum Marketers Association National Convention and Convenience Store Expo in Las Vegas. Get the Full Story...

Mobile Commerce
Oink’s Prepaid Retail Card Designed For Teens
February 20, 2015

There’s a new piggy bank in the payments market hoping to help teen shoppers, but you can’t crack this one open. It’s more of a modern-day piggy bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...