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New Insights Into How Merchants Use Mobile
New Insights Into How Merchants Use Mobile
April 04, 2014  |  Mobile

A major shift is underway in how merchants position mobile payments as a source of revenue, according to new research from fraud-prevention specialist Kount. Some...

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Friday Factoids
Friday Factoids
April 04, 2014  |  B2B Payments

There’s so much data influencing the industry today that it can be hard to stay on top of everything. PYMNTS.com’s Friday Factoids are the perfect...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 18
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 18
April 03, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Index:  http://pymnts-com-develop.go-vip.net/data-research/ . Link to live trading on the Bitcoin markets http://Bitcoincharts.com/markets/ . Follow 189 Cryptocurrency Market Capitalizations here: http://coinmarketcap.com/ . Bitcoin Tracker | Week 18 Where is...

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What MasterCard Sees in Mobile
What MasterCard Sees in Mobile
April 03, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Chief Emerging Products Officer for MasterCard, Ed McLaughlin, and Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster sat down recently to discuss the “state of mobile commerce”...

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Why NetSpend is Winning at Prepaid
Why NetSpend is Winning at Prepaid
April 03, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

About a year has passed since TSYS first announced plans to acquire NetSpend. Now in TSYS’s ownership, the prepaid card provider’s main challenge has remained...

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Digital River Offers A Sneak Peek At Mobile eCommerce Trends
Digital River Offers A Sneak Peek At Mobile eCommerce Trends
April 02, 2014  |  International

In 2013, Digital River processed more than $30 billion online transactions, giving the company insights into payment and consumer behavior trends and the ability to...

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Will Wocket Wow Digital Payments?
Will Wocket Wow Digital Payments?
April 02, 2014  |  Cool

By Jeffrey Green (@epaymentsguy) (https://twitter.com/epaymentsguy) Will hype alone be able to carry the mobile-payments market? A Shelton, Conn.-based company apparently believes so. It also believes...

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Consumers Still Bummed About Their Finances
Consumers Still Bummed About Their Finances
April 02, 2014  |  Consumer Finance

Americans in February were less concerned, though still pessimistic, about their current financial situation than they were at the end of the government shutdown last...

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