Mobile wallets are convenient, but apparently not that convenient, consumers say. While more and more of them are choosing among a growing selection of mobile wallet apps, a recent TSYS study indicates that consumers are still hesitant to completely chuck their physical cards and physical...
Small and microbusinesses are vulnerable – especially when it comes to getting credit. And in the absence of traditional forms of credit, many turn to credit cards for working capital. But 46 percent of SMBs say they don’t or can’t. MasterCard and Corporation for Enterprise...
How did Alibaba go from its humble roots as an idea cooked up in Jack Ma's apartment in 1999 to potentially the most humongous IPO in history in just 15 years? Very strategically, as it turns out. And, we’ve made it as easy as a...
Mailboxes once were full of junk mail, but much of that went away when the Direct Marketing Association let consumers opt out of unsolicited commercial mailers. Banks and credit card issuers, however, have been required for the past decade to mail their customers annual privacy...
Heartland Payment Systems and VersaPay Corporation are offering a new payment portal service directly to small and mid-sized companies for invoicing customers. Small and mid-sized companies won’t have to go through their banks to offer invoicing services to their clients. Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance will implement the Accenture Duck Creek Suite through a Software as a Service (SaaS) model to support insurer’s policy, claims and billing functions. The integrated system will be hosted by the Accenture Cloud Platform and will enable BHSI to consolidate and streamline business processes on...
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...
