Blog | Payments

»  Weblog Main   |   »  View Entries By Topic   |   »  View Entries By Date


Rethinking the Biggest Threat to Banks
March 14, 2012 @ 16:01 PM | By Olivia LaBarre

A panelist at the BAI Payments Connect conference says the most disruptive and threatening force to banks is not PayPal or third-party technology vendors, but a retailer.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Will the Mobile Wallet Ever Replace the Real One?
February 29, 2012 @ 14:54 PM | By Bryan Yurcan

One survey suggests that consumers are loathe to abandon the familiar for new technologies.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Is EMV the New Metric System?
February 13, 2012 @ 10:58 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

EMV is the global standard for credit and debit cards -- except in the U.S.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Google Could Benefit from Gupta's Resignation
January 27, 2012 @ 11:37 AM | By Olivia LaBarre

The resignation of Vikas Gupta, Google's head of consumer payments, may be exactly what the company needs.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Will Yahoo Make a Play In the Payments Space?
January 04, 2012 @ 16:42 PM | By Bryan Yurcan

Its incoming CEO, former PayPal head Scott Thompson, grew the eBay subsidiary in the digital and cloud payments arena.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Bank of America Should Have Kept Debit Card Fee
November 02, 2011 @ 11:03 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

Just because the criticism against the $5 fee was loud and angry, it doesn't mean it was right.

continued...
Comments(4)


PayPal Expanding Reach in the Payments Space
October 13, 2011 @ 11:37 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

The company has announced several new initiatives this week, including partnerships with bank technology vendors.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Cloud Payments Offer Real Opportunity for Banks
September 30, 2011 @ 11:14 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

Banks can cut out the middleman with a robust cloud payments offering, according to a new report from IDC Financial Insights.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Google Wallet: An Anticlimactic Launch
September 22, 2011 @ 17:06 PM | By Olivia LaBarre

Google Wallet has been touted as the payment method of the future, but right now, the majority of people can't even use it.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


MasterCard Demos the (Google) Wallet of the Future
September 16, 2011 @ 10:27 AM | By Bryan Yurcan

Media and analysts were able to to get a firsthand look at the future of mobile payments as the company demoed some of the features of the Google Wallet app.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Is EMV Past Its Prime?
September 01, 2011 @ 10:57 AM | By Olivia LaBarre

Dena Hamilton, detection and fraud expert at Detica, says the slowly burgeoning card payment standard might not be the security solution that many think it to be.

continued...
Comments(2)


PayPal Readies Moble P2P NFC Payments App for Android
July 13, 2011 @ 17:23 PM | By Matt Gunn

The California-based electronic payments service is primed to be the first to offer app-based P2P payments via NFC.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Implementing a Consumer-Safe Transaction Marketing Program
July 05, 2011 @ 16:36 PM | By Scott Grimes, Cardlytics

As Dodd-Frank continues to take shape what are some best practices for banks engaging in alternative customer rewards programs?

continued...
Comments(3)


PayPal, Google Fire Salvos, Lawsuits Over Trade Secrets
May 31, 2011 @ 13:44 PM | By Matt Gunn

PayPal files suit over trade secrets in response to Google's new NFC venture, Google says expertise comes with the employees.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Visa's Digital Wallet Is An Inevitable Step Toward A Cardless Future
May 11, 2011 @ 13:59 PM | By Matt Gunn

The newly-announced electronic payments capabilities might break the 'mobile wallet' concept from the realm of science fiction.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Mobile NFC Venture Isis Loses Ambition In The Face Of Competition
May 04, 2011 @ 12:23 PM | By Matt Gunn

The Wall Street Journal reports that Isis, a joint mobile payments venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, is scaling back its ambition. But did it spur innovation among traditional players and banks?

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


ING Direct Makes Mobile P2P Payments As Easy As Bumping Knuckles
May 02, 2011 @ 11:39 AM | By Matt Gunn

U.S.-based online-only subsidiary of ING Group becomes the first bank to incorporate Bump Technologies' API into its mobile app to enable payments.

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


Apple Squared: Tech Giant Begins Selling Jack Dorsey's Game-Changing Device
April 21, 2011 @ 11:05 AM | By Matt Gunn

Does the tech retail giant's move to sell Square devices to the masses validate mobile card payments?

continued...
Comment on this blog entry


What, Exactly, Is A Mobile Payment?
April 15, 2011 @ 13:06 PM | By Matt Gunn

While competing interests and emerging technologies have us waiting to replace our wallets with our phones, let's define terms.

continued...
Comments(1)


Chase Punishes Loyal Customers Over Lost Debit Fees
April 01, 2011 @ 12:34 PM | By Matt Gunn

Chase is killing its Disney debit card rewards program in an effort to make customers mad about the Durbin Amendment. But could the third-largest bank have found a better solution?

continued...
Comments(1)



| By

continued...
Comment on this blog entry



| By

continued...
Comment on this blog entry