Mobile Payment Startup LevelUp Reaches 2500 Merchant Partners
May 13, 2012

LevelUp, the payment app that combines a mobile wallet, a QR code, and loyalty rewards to attract consumers, signed up its 2500th merchant partner last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Perk Street CEO: Banks In Customer Acquisition “Knife Fight”
May 13, 2012

Banks are exerting maximum effort to acquire new customers, eliciting a visceral assessment from the leader at one of the space’s more innovative companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

MasterCard Execs Explain Why Emerging Markets Matter
May 13, 2012

Perhaps it’s an insensitive question, but for businesses hoping to be profitable it’s an essential one: why should companies continue to invest in developing technologies in emerging markets, when total payment volumes are relatively miniscule? Thabiso Moerane, Mobile Commerce Ecosystem Leader at Alcatel-Lucent, lodged the...

Wallets Within Wallets At CTIA: Will Competitors Play Nice?
May 11, 2012

As I said on Friday, CTIA invited 50,000 of its closest friends to gather in NOLA for its big International Wireless show. I moderated a panel on mobile commerce, plus wandered the exhibit floor and sat in on some sessions. Here is my second post...

Best of CTIA 2012
May 10, 2012

In the first of a three-part mega recap, Webster responds to comments from Visa’s John Partridge, and asks whether we’re using the right terminology to talk about mobile. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Takeaways from CTIA: Karen Webster on Visa, M-Pesa, and Mobile Payments
May 10, 2012

CTIA invited 50,000 of its closest friends to gather in NOLA for its big International Wireless show. I moderated a panel on mobile commerce, plus wandered the exhibit floor and sat in on some sessions. Lots of people have covered the show but I thought...

Best of CTIA 2012
May 10, 2012

A new voice-based customer feedback system from Ingenico and Saygent now hopes to capture buyers’ feedback immediately after they take the mobile plunge. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Best of CTIA 2012
May 10, 2012

One of payments’ largest incumbents took the spotlight away from the startup community this week with its debut of a fully featured digital wallet that’s already being utilized by retailers. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Best of CTIA 2012
May 10, 2012

The Geode from iCache, which allows consumers to store all their cards on their iPhones, was recognized as the best Mobile CE Accessory in the industry at this year’s CTIA.  Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...