As Apple Pay rolls out Monday (Oct. 20), it will suffer from two holes in its card acceptance system: corporate cards and prepaid cards. Although those absences may be short-lived, it plays into a very slow initial run for the Apple mobile pay play. Piper...
Although debit cards are still the most popular form of payment in the U.S., that popularity is sharply dropping, according to a new report from TSYS, which attributed the drop to card security fears. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
When Apple made the iPad announcement yesterday at the Cupertino based event, Apple made sure to note that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were the only devices able to utilize Apple Pay within retail stores, but not users obtaining the iPad Air 2...
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Alipay, the Alibaba Group unit that is China’s largest electronic payments service, is now rolling out biometric authentication with its service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
A holiday shopping survey from the National Retail Federation released Thursday (Oct. 16) found that consumers plan on doing 44 percent plan of shopping online. That is the highest percentage of online shopping that the annual survey—now in its 13th year—has ever seen. Get the...
From his lips to your ears. It’s official. Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said that Apple Pay with be released on Monday (Oct. 20) along with the iOS 8.1 update. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
So here’s the good news: Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen thinks Apple, as a tech company, will do “extraordinarily well” over the long term and is gaining strength. But in an interview with Bloomberg West, that’s sort of where the kudos stopped. Get the Full...
For some, EMV-enabled payment cards are about more than just security. For some, EMV is deemed essential for banks with reloadable prepaid products to both cut costs and boost convenience for international travellers, says Pamela Kohl, Executive VP of Products and Channels, Banco do Brasil...
