Mobile Payment Apps

College Payments Co UMB Blackboard Transact Could Sell For $720M
College Payments Co UMB Blackboard Transact Could Sell For $720M
February 13, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Providence Equity Partners is reportedly looking at takeover offers for UMB Blackboard Transact, a campus-focused payments company that could sell for around $720 million. According...

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UK Small, Medium Businesses Embrace App Payments In Store
UK Small, Medium Businesses Embrace App Payments In Store
June 13, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

With the U.K. increasingly embracing mobile, a new study by Verifone found that 29 percent of the country’s small and medium businesses now give customers...

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Entersekt: Banks And The ‘Transaction Pipe’ Trap
Entersekt: Banks And The ‘Transaction Pipe’ Trap
April 13, 2018  |  Digital Payments

When a customer uses a credit or debit card at the point of sale, Entersekt chief commercial officer Dewald Nolte told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, there...

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Visa Payments, (Truly) Mobile With Fitbit’s Ionic Smartwatch
Visa Payments, (Truly) Mobile With Fitbit’s Ionic Smartwatch
August 28, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Fitbit is debuting its Ionic watch – enabled for Visa payments.  And, as noted Monday by the two companies, and as the data shows in...

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