H&R Block Inc. on April 10 announced plans to divest its H&R Bank through a definitive agreement with BofI Federal Bank. The company expects the closing to occur before next tax season, as it still must go through legal and regulatory approvals. Get the Full...
Carl Icahn has officially brokered a truce with eBay Inc. in regards to his plan to spin-off the company’s payments arm, PayPal into a separate business. This significant reversal from investors’ rights activist Icahn came with a big concession from eBay- the e-retailer has agreed...
VeriFone Systems Inc. this week announced the launch of its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal, the VX 690, which features Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi connectivity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Last year Telefonica announced that were going to partner with CaixaBank and Santander. Now the company says that they will be launching the money transfer service within the next few months, according to Mobile World Live. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Deck: Spring just doesn’t seem to have spring just yet for the Bitcoin market, despite the plethora of news around Bitcoin. Innovators continue to be hopeful and a new Bitcoin debit card has come to market, but news from Australia and China has tempered the...
In March the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that Bitcoin would be taxed as property and not currency. In many ways this defeated the purpose of recognizing the cryptocurrency as a medium. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
A U.S. District Court judge on April 10 dismissed litigation accusing three leading card issuers of colluding to require cardholders to enter into arbitration to settle disputes instead of class-action litigation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
In Part Two of this exclusive series, MasterCard’s Chief Emerging Payments Officer, Ed McLaughlin gives Karen Webster the view from his perch on who’s doing the most game-changing stuff in mobile, which represent the biggest opportunity of all and where the “white spaces” are that...
ComScore just published its 2014 US Digital Roadmap which is stuffed with amazing data points. We’ve boiled it down to the 5 essential truths about payments, commerce and the US digital consumer and added some of our own key insights so you can plug and...
