To date, only a small fraction of Facebook’s users have connected their accounts to a payment account. But over the past two months, an Australian bank has given its customers a new way to transfer money over Facebook. The key word: kaching. Read More Get...
We invite voices from around the payments industry to “sound off” with 140 characters about the future of social commerce and Facebook. Read More Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Western Union will provide consumers in Afghanistan with money transfer services through a partnership with Roshan, the country’s leading communications provider. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Maria Blow, an assistant director with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, argued last week that new CFPB oversight might actually reduce regulations in some cases. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Online spending is expected to grow by more than 10% annually each year for the next five years, a report published by ForresterResearch suggests. At that rate, Americans will be spending $327 billion online by 2016. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
ZenCash, a new cloud-based invoicing and collections service, launched today, TechCrunch reports. The service works with invoicing applications like QuickBooks, Clio, Freshbooks, and Harvest out of the box, and offers automated payment reminder deliveries and overdue notifications. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Facebook is partnering with many of the world’s biggest mobile operators to allow users to apply charges directly to their monthly wireless bills. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Visa will provide the payment network, product suite, and branding, while Vodafone contributes its 398 million customers in 30 countries on five continents. The companies are calling the result the world’s largest partnership between a global payment network and a mobile operator. Get the Full...
Payment processor Square now has 40,000 merchants signed up to accept payments from its Card Case system, a number that has doubled in the past four months, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...