Hard to believe it was just 30 days ago that Apple Pay officially launched and even harder to believe how different the ecosystem is today as opposed to what it was 31 days ago. Some are firmly in the camp that Apple’s entrance into payments...
Trying to grab consumer attention is hard enough for marketers, so why not try and add value through an advertisement that directly translates into a deal for the consumer? Newly-branded All Star Deals, now called Gift Connect, is attempting to do just that. All Star...
Apple made its grand yet disruptive entrance into the payments ecosystem just 30 days ago. Since then, it’s stirred up a ton of conversations about the widespread adoption of mobile wallets, NFC’s revival, mobile fraud prevention tactics, Apple Pay’s consumer/merchant value proposition, and much more. To...
Apple Pay has been out and available to consumers for just about a month now, but the real test hasn’t started yet. The true test for Apple Pay will be the annual retail gamut that officially kicks off on Friday (or Thursday if you’re at Walmart)...
A New Take On Commercial Lending Picks Up In the wake of the financial meltdown and resulting credit crackdown lending slowed, and in some cases ground to a screeching halt. Among the hardest hit were small business. The Small Business Administration reports that...
Apple Pay is starring in a new commercial from Chase Bank which features the indie band Bleachers. The spot was developed by the ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and pictures the band members roaming the Los Angeles area before a performance and making purchases with...
There hasn’t been much chirping from Twitter executives about its payments plans recently, but on Tuesday (Nov. 25) the company announced its newest link into the payments world: “Twitter Offers.” Twitter acquired the mobile payment system CardSpring in July but didn’t reveal plans about how...
Passwords — they’re a love-hate relationship. Love the (supposed) security, but hate the nuance of remembering what favorite dog or past college crush the password was framed around. It’s a peculiar paradox, that the payments industry is working to transition away from traditional passwords. Yet, among the...
After pulling in $30 million in funding last year, a mobile payments startup is giving away $20 bills from a vending machine at a Berkeley campus. Initial media reports have not been kind. Valleywag notes: “Clinkle, a well-funded startup run by Lucas Duplan, the Prince Joffrey...
