Startups today have found bank loans to help get them get off the ground have all but dried up. So many now turn to other investors, such as venture capitalists and “incubators” to secure their funding. Sales of company stock represent another option to pursue...
While the world’s now focused on Apple Pay, there’s another “A” player that’s just as capable of shaking things up in mobile payments. Android. Except that there’s just one problem, well actually there are five, that are getting in the way of making it the...
Tesco is trialing at a handful of stores—in London and Edinburgh—a mobile payment system, currently only being offered to employees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Order imbalances may have delayed Alibaba’s initial public offering for a bit on Friday (Sept. 19), but the company made a ton of money nonetheless. It’s stock price opened at $92.70 per share on the New York Stock Exchange, 46 percent higher than the $68...
PAX Global Technology Limited, which makes a popular NFC terminal. has embraced Apple Pay. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS...
A payment mechanism is not necessarily a payment mechanism. So says the man who founded both Twitter and Square. Jack Dorsey may see Square as a mobile payment device company, but he sees it as going in a fundamentally different direction than Apple. Hence, he...
Payments companies that live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones at Apple. Shortly after Apple rolled out Apple Pay, PayPal bought a full-page ad in the New York Times to attack’s Apple security rep. The problem is that PayPal has similar security issues. Get the...
Samsung and Alipay are partnering on payment biometric authentication, rolling out what the pair calls the first Fast Identification Online (FIDO) ready system in the Far East. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
There’s little debate that Apple Pay is going to sharply boost mobile payment security. After all, replacing signature or a 4-digit shoulder-surfing-vulnerable PIN with a biometric authentication is a big step in the right direction. No authentication system is perfect, but being more secure than...
