Payments players around the globe gathered last week to chat about all things payments and commerce. As you might expect, there were lots of new products, big ideas and big predictionsshared. We thought you’d like to see the things that we thought were worth sharing....
Mobile commerce is breathing new life into retail – even at gas pumps and convenience stores. For certain consumers, that means purchasing everyday items like fuel or a soda or a newspaper is about to get a lot quicker and a lot more convenient. In...
PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 48 The United States and its many different members and offices that make up government continue to be very divided on how to handle crypto currencies. From the commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading...
The mobile wallet wars make strange bedfellows. This week, CurrentC stayed on the defensive while Google could be heard singing Apple’s praises as the rising Apple Pay NFC tide has lifted all boats (albeit very, very slightly). In other news, Burger King decided to jump...
Like many young parents across America, I spend a lot of time at Walgreens. If fact, as I am not such a “younger” parent anymore, I find myself spending more time then I would like there. I have found Walgreens to be a reasonably good...
Mobile POS activity is soaring, with about 1.2 million MPOS having been shipped to MasterCard merchants globally, according to a new report from Ovum Consulting and Mahindra Comviva. “In a world of anywhere commerce, the point of sale is fundamentally changing. It is moving from...
Since going live with Apple Pay last month, the $14.2 billion 401-store Whole Foods grocery chain has used the mobile wallet to process more than 150,000 transactions, according to CIO Jason Buechel. But the chain doesn’t solely see Apple Pay as a payment mechanism. During...
Home Depot on Thursday (Nov. 6) reported that, in addition to the data for 56 million payment cards that was stolen, thieves also grabbed 53 million customer E-mail addresses. How was this all done? New details on that confirmed that “criminals used a third-party vendor’s...
Apple Pay is driving NFC volume up and pulling Apple’s NFC rivals along with it, according to preliminary reports. In a speech this week, a Walgreens executive–Deepika Pandey, group vice president, digital marketing & customer experience—said that her chain has seen in-store NFC payments double...
