“If only Apple weren’t so secretive, if only we knew what their intentions were toward mobile commerce,” said every payments player everywhere at some point ever. Bad news: the team at PYMNTS cannot read Apple’s mind. Good news: PYMNTS can do the next best thing--read...
The mobile wallet platform launched by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon as ISIS has now chosen its new name: Softcard. 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...
Fan funding is the ability for someone watching some content on, for example, YouTube to click to directly support that video producer. In a deal with Google Wallet, Google’s YouTube is trying to enable such payments within videos, with Google taking a generous cut of...
Apple is investigating reports that a security hole in one of its online services allowed cyberthieves to download nude photos from the iCloud accounts of celebrities, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Sept. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Nordstrom will don the wardrobe of Apple’s apparel mobile payment partner, according to a report Tuesday (Sept. 2) in Bank Innovation, which noted that Nordstrom is suddenly sporting the identical mobile POS used in Apple Stores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
The Foxconn Technology Group has locked down 10 percent control—after writing a $2 million check—of AirSig, a Taiwanese mobile authentication startup, TechCrunch is reporting. That would place AirSig’s valuation at $20 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Europe’s biggest online fashion retailer is testing a mobile-app feature that will let users snap a picture and then get recommendations for similar clothing, according to the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
After years of bank fee increases—both in type and amount—those fees may be on the decline. “Banks are making less of their money from customer-account fees than at any time in the past seven decades as strict government rules and changing consumer behavior squeeze a...
At its launch next Tuesday (Sept. 9), Apple may be able to announce the final elements needed for it to truly leverage the hundreds of millions of payment card details stored within its iTunes and AppStore databases, thanks to deals quietly cut with both Visa...
