Several ministers in Jordan and World Bank experts on Monday emphasized the need to finalize the unified procurement bylaw, which is currently being debated at the Opinion and Legislative Bureau. The finance, public sector development, health, and public works ministers met with a team from...
What begins with an 'A' and is the biggest threat to the payments networks since Judge Leon? ACH. I know, you thought we were going to say Apple. But the Paym launch in the UK got MPD CEO Karen Webster to thinking about the impact...
BlueSnap announced today that it has released “shopping cart ‘plugins’” that will allow ecommerce platforms Magento and PrestaShop the ability to localize shopping experiences in 180 countries, optimizing cross-border sales. The integration requires few steps and includes BlueSnap tools that will enable merchants to “convert...
Confidence among consumers globally is increasing to a point not seen since before the Great Recession, according to a recent Nielsen report. What makes consumers around the world so happy? Find out more.
Chase and Marriott Rewards launched the Marriott Rewards Premier Visa Signature® Business Credit Card designed for small business owners who travel frequently for business or pleasure. “We are delighted with this opportunity to better serve the travel needs of small business owners,” said Misha Lapcevic, Vice President, Marriott Rewards Partnerships. “With a...
Australian-based MYOB wants it deliver what its acronym stands for….for businesses of all sizes to “mind your own business” while they mind the back office, including payments. Its biggest beef was that business payments have been slow to move online, and cash flow has suffered...
MasterCard announced today its first-quarter earnings for 2014. According to a company blog post, net revenue growth was 14 percent due to a “double-digit increase in both gross volume and processed transactions.” Net income also increased by 14 percent, and earnings per share rose 18...
Do you know… how many tens of millions of dollars Americans will spend on Mother’s Day this year? How many consumers will exchange personal information for a good deal? How many trillions of dollars the credit card industry will process this year? If not, keep...
FIS is starting 2014 with a strong quarter and is making plans to serve under-banked mobile customers.
