PYMNTS.com spoke to Ken Paull, CEO of ROAM, who gave us a sneak peek at what his company showed off for retail’s biggest event, National Retail Federation’s annual convention. How will NFC and EMV drive the conversation, and what does “reinventing checkout” really mean?Read More...
San Francisco-based startup Prepaid2Cash is launching a website that offers cash for prepaid stored value cards, Finextra writes. 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...
New Balance is using RFID technology to draw customers into its “Experience Store” location in downtown Boston. 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...
McDonald’s and supermarket chain Merkur will test an NFC payment system developed by Austrian mobile network operator A1 and Paybox Bank in Austria, NFC World says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
The German Banking Industry Committee (Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft) launched a new contactless payment product, which Finextra reports is Europe’s largest trial of contactless payments to date. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
A new study estimates that 26.4 billion visits to e-commerce websites will take place on smartphones in 2014, representing 53.2 percent of all e-commerce traffic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Portland-based Chirpify raised $1.3 million in equity funding this week. Voyager Capital, angel investor Geoff Entress, BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu, former Facebook executive Rudy Gadre, HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes, and TiE Oregon Angels were among the investors involved with the funding, reports VentureBeat. Get the...
More than 30 industry associations have reached out to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to obtain a more specific definition of the term “qualified mortgage,” or “QM,” Reverse Mortgage Daily reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Okay, Nick Holland – I’ve taken the bait. Your NFC media advisory today refuting the notion that NFC isn’t to cards what Betamax was to video was simply too good to pass by. You actually selected the perfect analogy. Here is my argument as to...