The past year has been a busy one for healthcare, with drastic changes in coverage, insurance options, taxes, and overall reform. The 2013 Trends in Healthcare Payments report showcases the market trends that are impacting the industry.
Data security breaches have had heads spinning throughout the payments ecosystem as merchants sort through a variety of options designed to keep cardholder data safe. While it is now clear that there is no “silver bullet” to be found, there is merit in having a...
XX Startups promise to make payments life a breeze. EMV. eCommerce. OpenStack. All at the click of a mouse.
Warmer weather last month got more folks to leave their homes, and to shop. Same-store spending in April grew 4.1 percent, a full percentage point above March’s year-over-year growth, according to First Data’s SpendTrend report. Other research, however, suggests consumer confidence in their financial situation...
Maybe the cards filling up consumers’ wallets are just making less room for cash, but nearly eight out of 10 (78 percent) U.S. consumers carry less than $50 with them at any one time, with 49 percent carrying $20 or less, new survey data show....
As of May 12th, Square will no longer be offering its mobile wallet for download from either the Apple or Google stores, though they are now offering Square Order. This function will allow users to both pick-up orders from, and pay at Square merchants right from...
Motherhood. Apple pie. Budgeting. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch but a new report from i2c on the benefits of prepaid as a budgeting tool might actually give that “b-word” more status in the eyes of consumers these days and issuers a new...
Go big or go home. Recent industry trends show that top mobile point-of-sale players are now fixated on distribution – gaining scale and volume by forming partnerships and enhancing their mPOS platforms. Many of these partnerships are taking shape thanks to the interest in integrating...
The Fed released a new report last week that shows an uptick in credit card applications for just about all domestic banks. But which consumer groups are getting their credit groove on (or want to?).
