PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their apps, for an undisclosed amount. PayPal also announced on… 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 »
During a rather surreal press conference, MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson said his retailer consortium was trying to promote competition and encourage third-party innovation by excluding both from its stores. Read more »
MCX can’t have members break ranks and support Apple Pay or Google Wallet. Its own forthcoming app CurrentC will challenge both the mobile and finance industries, so it needs solidarity among… Read more »
Walmart’s British subsidiary Asda and the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s are two of the major retailers to announce support for the Zapp mobile payments system on Wednesday. Read more »
Apple’s new mobile wallet won’t just support contactless payments at the register. It will broker online and in-app payments on your smartphone. Read more »
MCX’s long-awaited mobile wallet is now in a few pilot programs, but starting in 2015, it will become available to consumers at some of the biggest retail and restaurant chains in… Read more »
During the first quarter of 2014, changes in technology meant new products on the market, new roles in the enterprise, and structural changes for the IT department. 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 »