Oh, what a five years it has been! On October 20, 2009, Warren Buffet (via a recorded video interview) helped us launch a new way to talk about “What’s Next” in an ecosystem that was just beginning to pay attention to the power of the...
MasterCard wants to put its fingerprint on the next contactless payment option — literally. The company announced Friday (Oct. 17) it has partnered with Norwegian firm Zwipe to add a built-in fingerprint sensor to contactless payment cards. The technology turns a consumers fingerprint into a...
Mobile ordering is a buzz in Portland’s Starbucks market, as the company announced a new app Thursday (Oct. 16) that will enable customers to order and place up from chosen location. “Mobile ordering will deliver convenience, frequency and speed of service and over time, become the fastest and...
Alipay Wallet has confirmed 190 million annual active users and is delivering 45 million daily transactions, with more than half of that coming directly from Alipay transactions, reports Technode. “A little less than one year ago Alipay Wallet had 100 million users and was processing...
Venture Capitalist and Web graphical browsers creator Marc Andreesen has resigned from eBay’s board, pointing to the planned split of PayPal and eBay as making it “the right time to step down,” according to Bloomberg. “Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape and a board member at...
Without announcing it, Apple has quietly rolled out a new SIM card on its iPads (but not iPhones) that allows users to “jump between AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile without having to swap it out or, more annoyingly, track down/purchase a new SIM card when you...
As Apple Pay rolls out Monday (Oct. 20), it will suffer from two holes in its card acceptance system: corporate cards and prepaid cards. Although those absences may be short-lived, it plays into a very slow initial run for the Apple mobile pay play. Piper...
Although debit cards are still the most popular form of payment in the U.S., that popularity is sharply dropping, according to a new report from TSYS, which attributed the drop to card security fears. “Forty-three percent of respondents preferred debit as their overall payment type...
‘Tis the season for making our lists and checking them twice, to determine which ledgers have been naughty and nice. Earnings’ seasons is here again and payments players didn’t disappoint, reporting the traditional profits and losses and then talking with financial analysts to calmly and...
