In the early days of the internet, passwords were relatively friction-free for one reason: there weren’t a lot of places on the internet to use them, so remembering a slew of them wasn’t hard — because it wasn’t necessary. But as time passed and the internet exploded, consumers were faced...
Installment loans in retail are not new – they’ve been around in some form for the last three or four decades. But as Divido co-founder Christer Holloman told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in the “In Their Own Words” podcast, innovation in the area had been almost completely...
Today Mastercard is officially launching the Mastercard B2B Hub, a new solution designed to make it easier for SMBs to invoice and process payments with accounts payable. The Hub also comes built in with online payment automation tools that improve the speed, ease and security of...
If you hadn’t heard the news about Dunkin’ Donuts accepting Masterpass as a payment method in-store, in their mobile app and online, it’s quite possible that you may have already started seeing the ads. Themed on “winning the morning,” the ads feature harried adults on...
To paraphrase a famous poet, the best laid travel plans of mice and men often go awry. With apologies to Robert Burns (we threw in another rhyming Robert for our headline), it is the planning and the scheduling and the booking and the paying that...
Mastercard today announced the appointment of CIO Ed McLaughlin to president, Operations and Technology. In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, McLaughlin spoke to the developments and challenges in the latest payments industry shift toward device-based and contextual commerce, the role of operations and technology...
Mastercard, the credit card company, announced Monday (April 24) that cardholders will have a chance to win a trip for two to the 2017 MLB All-Star Game in Miami when they use a Mastercard at BJ’s Wholesale Club locations (including gas) or online at BJs.com....
Biometrics more or less “went mainstream” when the iPhone 5s, launched in September 2013, incorporated a fingerprint reader into the iPhone. Presented to consumers as a way to use a fingerprint, instead of a password, to access their phone, TouchID got consumers used to the...
The U.K. gift market is worth over £5 billion a year and shows no signs of slowing down, with 20,000 gift cards purchased every hour. But if a business goes into administration, those cards can become worthless to the receiver. Now a new company —...
