A few additional details are emerging about the startup former Apple exec and JCPenney CEO is running and it appears to be focused on customer service and helping shoppers make better purchase decisions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
There are few subjects that highlight the chasm of opinions between payments players quite like EMV. That EMV is coming: of that there can be no doubt. In a little more than a year, merchants will either have to have to upgrade their terminals to...
Apple Pay officially rolled out on Monday and consumers and retailers both have had some time to get their feet wet with this new mobile payments platform. So, what’s the verdict so far? Well, Peter Osberg, Senior Vice President at EVO Payments International tells MPD...
After accepting Apple Pay at all of its stores on the Apple Pay launch day on Monday (Oct. 20), the $26 billion 4,600-store Rite Aid pharmacy chain apparently changed its mind and yanked support from those stores Wednesday (Oct. 22), with no official explanation, according...
Apple has signed up more than 500 banks for Apple Pay, but some bank executives whose institutions are on board with the new payments system are feeling defensive, according to American Banker. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Flint Mobile, a startup built around letting users snap photos of a credit card to make payments, has raised another $9.4 million in funding and announced an online version of its service, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Shortly after BitFury Capital announced an undisclosed investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin, GoCoin CEO Steve Beauregard said that his Bitcoin operation will make B2B payments recruiting a top priority. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Tipalti, the Israeli- and California-based B2B global payments firm, has locked in $13 million in Series B funding, raised in a round led by Wicklow Capital, according to a story in VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The Central Bank in Ecuador is trying to launch a national mobile payment scheme that is designed to handle B2B transactions (along with P2P, top-up, cash in and out, in-store purchases and electronic receipts), deliver a very low rate (a $50 charge costs four cents,...
