Debit is beloved by the masses, still standing as an original bastion of spend control even as the digital transformation of payments rolls on with shiny new tools and toys. Happily, debit is keeping up with pandemic-era payments trends, and even pulling ahead in some...
The digitization of commerce is helping to digitize card issuance – and, by extension, is leading Marqeta to Wall Street. As noted in this space, Marqeta’s IPO could value the firm at as much as $10 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
It’s been an exciting week in payments, but then the payments and commerce world is always something of a never-a-dull-moment environment. But even by local standards the week was one to watch as bitcoin suffered a mini-bust on the news that Tesla will no longer...
Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will now allow bus riders to pay fares using contactless solutions, becoming the first California transit agency — and the first system outside a major metropolitan area — to offer tap-to-pay fares, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. Get the...
Munich is now the first European airport to launch PayPal QR codes for mobile, cash-free purchases in all of its shops and Eurotrade retail subsidiaries, ftnnews.com reported on Monday (May 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
As the economy has started to reopen and vaccinated global citizens look to scratch their travel itch, the tally of just how much damage the global pandemic caused the travel sector is just now becoming more clear. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
After nearly a full year of waiting, WhatsApp payments have been cleared by Brazil’s central bank to go live, enabling peer-to-peer (P2P) payments capabilities for its 120 million Brazilian users, 86 percent of whom claim to use the app every day. WhatsApp was shut down in...
Earnings season is a deluge of data, to be sure, but after a few weeks of conference calls, press releases and supplemental slide decks, some common themes emerge. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
One of the goals of the connected economy is to turn simple things into payment mechanisms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
