Payment Methods

Merchant Innovation
PayPal Will Feature Sneak Peak At “Shop” Function With Newly Redesigned User Experience
May 20, 2014

Long-time PayPal users may notice that something looks a little bit different when logging into their accounts to transact business. The online payments standard bearer announced a redesigned user experience on its blog last week, intended to help bring users of all kinds access to...

Hmmm
Square Plans to Enhance its Payments Platform
May 19, 2014

PYMNTS.com spoke with Square to find out if the recent announcements about Feedback and Square Order are signs for something bigger.

B2B Payments
GE Contracts With Tungsten For E-Invoicing Solution
May 19, 2014

General Electric has contracted with the Tungsten Network to roll out a a multi-year e-Invoicing program into every GE operation globally, according a a release earlier today. The partnership could involve potential invoice volumes of over 16 million per year. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Commentary
Is the EMV Journey Worth the Price?
May 19, 2014

Several reports surfaced last week that reaffirmed what we’ve all suspected – rolling out EMV in the US is going to be a long slog that will optimistically take 5 years but more likely 10 to complete. That got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking,...

CEO Series
CEO Series: BlueSnap Takes Charge in Cross-Border Payments
May 19, 2014

In this installment of the PYMNTS CEO Series, Karen Webster speaks with Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, to learn his thoughts on payments innovation, how the industry is changing and more. Where does Dangelmaier believe young innovators should look for innovative ideas, and what advice...

B2B Payments
India’s ElectraCard To Be Purchased By MasterCard
May 19, 2014

MasterCard has announced that it intends to purchase Pune-headquartered ElectraCard Services (ECS) from Opus Software. The terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed and the deal is expected to close sometime around the end of the second quarter of 2014. Get the Full Story...

Hmmm
‘Real Time’ Settlement Aside, NACHA Sees Solution Ubiquity As The True Game-Changer
May 19, 2014

NACHA, which oversees the U.S. automated clearinghouse system, continues to shift its focus. While the past 10 years have focused on converting checks to electronic transactions, today's activities are squarely focused on ways to use the system more effectively. What’s the one thing that NACHA...

B2B Payments
Report: Global C-Card Sales Volume To Reach $1.8 Trillion By 2015, With UnionPay Looming
May 19, 2014

Visa, MasterCard and American Express have had a firm grip on the global commercial card market for years. While they still maintain that control, China UnionPay, which recently overtook Visa as the world’s top debit card network, is seeing fast expansion of its commercial card...

Acquiring
Will Visa’s New Acquiring Fees Hurt or Help Aggregators?
May 19, 2014

Visa announced a new fixed acquirer network fee policy recently which will take effect next April. Targeted at aggregators, instead of combining merchants under a single tax ID, aggregators must use individual tax IDs for each merchant. Who’s going to be helped or hurt?