In this installment of the PYMNTS CEO Series, Karen Webster speaks with Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, to learn his thoughts on payments innovation, how the industry is changing and more. Where does Dangelmaier believe young innovators should look for innovative ideas, and what advice...
MasterCard has announced that it intends to purchase Pune-headquartered ElectraCard Services (ECS) from Opus Software. The terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed and the deal is expected to close sometime around the end of the second quarter of 2014. Get the Full Story...
NACHA, which oversees the U.S. automated clearinghouse system, continues to shift its focus. While the past 10 years have focused on converting checks to electronic transactions, today's activities are squarely focused on ways to use the system more effectively. What’s the one thing that NACHA...
Visa, MasterCard and American Express have had a firm grip on the global commercial card market for years. While they still maintain that control, China UnionPay, which recently overtook Visa as the world’s top debit card network, is seeing fast expansion of its commercial card...
Visa announced a new fixed acquirer network fee policy recently which will take effect next April. Targeted at aggregators, instead of combining merchants under a single tax ID, aggregators must use individual tax IDs for each merchant. Who’s going to be helped or hurt?
Ever wonder really how money flows between businesses cross border? Well, you sort of need a scorecard given its complexity, number of payments methods and the role of new players in introducing new options. Here’s our take on just how it happens, region by region...
What does it take to bring real-time billing, ordering and settlement in the electric utilities industry? Sometimes it means revamping the entire purchase to pay cycle to include payment. Find out what American Electric Power recently introduced and how it’s improving cash flow.
You can’t keep an e-commerce enthusiast out of the game for long, as Marc Lore is demonstrating as he plots his follow-up to Quidsi, the parent company of renowned internet mother’s little helper Diapers.com, and somewhat less known Soap.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Investors’ rights advocate Carl Icahn has upped his stake in both Apple and eBay. An SEC filing spotted by the Wall Street Journal on May 15 indicates that Icahn held 27.8 million shares in eBay company as of March 31, 2014. Icahn increased his holdings in Apple...
