A lot of the features in the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, like curved edges and glass-and-metal design, are examples of Samsung playing catch-up on the latest smartphone trends, but… Read more »
After seven months of testing Visa Checkout in the U.S., Canada and Australia, the financial giant has decided to bring the online payments service to 13 additional countries in 2015. Checkout… Read more »
Sunnyvale startup Qvivr is is building a universal credit card named Swyp , competing with the likes of LoopPay, Coin and Plastc, but it’s adding its own unique twist. Swyp is a “learning”… Read more »
When the Apple Watch comes out this year, it will have a pretty unique feature among wearables in the market: you’ll be able to buy stuff by waving the wearable at… Read more »
In November, when Dutchman Martin Wisjeimer became the first man to inject Bitcoin keys inside his hands, he captured the spirit of payments in 2015. Will others be crazy enough to try this? Maybe… Read more »
Square on Wednesday started taking pre-orders for a new version of its Reader and an accessory for Square Stand that will allow its mobile payments service to accept new chip-embedded cards… Read more »
Visa’s technology chief Rajat Taneja has high hopes for Apple Pay, but not for all of the reasons you might expect. He believes Apple will pave the way for a multitude… 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 »
The EMV transition is only a year away in the U.S. Square’s merchants will be required to accept credit cards verified by embedded chips, and that means they’ll need a new… Read more »
The mobile payment sector is evolving quickly and chaotically, with incumbents and startups competing for not only market share but also the ability to establish the business’ rules and technological standards. Read more »