Clinkle promised a digital wallet. Instead it delivered a piece of plastic. It’s debit card will be integrated into a new smartphone rewards networks, but it’s a far cry from the… Read more »
The idea of a payment card with a programmable magnetic strip sounded great when Coin debuted it last year. Unfortunately, those who pre-ordered won’t be getting their Coin this summer; the… Read more »
Square’s retail finance ambitions led it to create its own prototype credit card, but the company killed the project off, according to Fast Company. Read more »
As if T-Mobile weren’t already sufficiently disruptive in its own cellphone carrier space, the company’s new product announcement this past week reverberated through the retail banking sector as well. By launching… Read more »
Square is leveling the playing field for merchants who take their credit cards over the phone rather than swipe them with Reader. Instead of waiting a month to get paid, they’ll… Read more »
Caribbean mobile carrier Digicel’s strategic investment may provide a good indication of where Flint plans to take its mobile payments service next. Read more »
Square Cash requires only an email address and debit card to work. The company has stripped out all of the other steps that complicate other mobile payment services. Read more »
That didn’t take long. A day after Verizon confirmed it was going to charge $2 for single credit and debit card payments online and over the phone, it backed down following… Read more »
Looking to cut billing costs and buff its green credentials, Verizon Wireless has spent the last few years encouraging its customers to move to paperless billing. Now with millions of customers… Read more »