2018 news and trends

40 Global Leaders Show Us Payments’ Future
Commerce // February 14, 2018

A good forecast is a notoriously difficult thing to write – particularly if one is trying to write it about the payments and commerce ecosystem. Had we told the world a year ago today that Amazon was going to buy Whole Foods, that Walmart Pay...

52 Mondays, 52 Conversations, 52 Ways Of Looking At Payments
Karen Webster // December 26, 2017

No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant. 2017 was epic, from Amazon to bitcoin to hillbillies to Walmart, as the following eBook pages prove. Here’s to a 2018 filled with more food for thought, across the realms of...

SMBs Readying To Ring In The New Year – With Cash Flow Stress
B2B Payments // November 20, 2017

For many, the New Year is a time of new beginnings, and an opportunity for a clean slate. But recent research from payments company WePay finds most small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. will step into 2018 still chained to cash flow problems from...

LG To Expand LG Pay Beyond South Korea
Digital Payments // July 10, 2017

LG, which last month launched its mobile payment platform in Korea with its G6 handset, is expanding the payment method into other smartphones and into other countries. According to a news report which cited Cho Jun-ho, president of LG’s mobile communication division, the executive stated...

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LG To Expand LG Pay Beyond South Korea

July 10, 2017
LG, which last month launched its mobile payment platform in Korea with its G6 handset, is expanding the payment method into other smartphones and into other countries. According to a news report which cited Cho Jun-ho, president of LG’s mobile communication division, the executive stated at a press event: “We will expand the use of […]