Contactless Cards

PSCU Expects To Issue More Than 3M Contactless Cards In 2020
PSCU Expects To Issue More Than 3M Contactless Cards In 2020
November 20, 2019  |  Payment Methods

PSCU is prepared to handle what they predict will be a rush in 2020 to adopt contactless cards, the company said in a press release...

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Retail Cozies Up To Mass Transit — Via Payments
Retail Cozies Up To Mass Transit — Via Payments
May 23, 2019  |  Retail

Mass transit sparks a range of emotions: resignation after just missing that last subway, frustration upon encountering that mysterious smell in that last car, and...

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Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
April 08, 2019  |  Data Dive

For baseball fans, April 8 is a day that lives in semi-infamy, as it is the day 45 years ago in 1974 that Hank Aaron...

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Mastercard Q4 Continues Contactless, B2B Growth ‘Marathon’
Mastercard Q4 Continues Contactless, B2B Growth ‘Marathon’
February 01, 2019  |  Earnings

Mastercard results released on Thursday (Jan. 31) morning showed continued gains in processed transactions, tied in part to holiday spending during the quarter that ended...

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Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
Samsung Adds Millions To Mobeewave’s Series B
January 28, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round...

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
January 24, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method in the U.K.,...

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Visa: Why Target’s Tap-And-Pay Leap Will Ignite Contactless Cards
Visa: Why Target’s Tap-And-Pay Leap Will Ignite Contactless Cards
January 23, 2019  |  Retail

After many years as a holdout in the world of near-field communication (NFC) payments, Target grabbed a lot of headlines yesterday (Jan. 22) with its announcement that it...

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12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2019 And Beyond
12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2019 And Beyond
December 24, 2018  |  Payment Methods

The “Twelve Days of Christmas” is a holiday classic, though some of us at PYMNTS still don’t understand why anyone would want to take a...

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Today In Data: The Payments And Commerce Rapid Reset
Today In Data: The Payments And Commerce Rapid Reset
November 27, 2018  |  Today In Data

The world going into holiday 2018 is a very different place than it was even a year ago – though the changes may not be...

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