Payments News
Most consumers prefer gift cards to gifts, but many feel guilty asking for them
November 24, 2014
Survey finds 78 percent of consumers think gift cards make shopping easy, but one in three consumers feels guilty putting them on their wish lists.
read nowLevelUp, Cardpool partner for gift card exchange program
November 21, 2014
Cardpool can enable LevelUp users to sell their unused and partially-used gift cards in exchange for LevelUp credits.
read nowUS smartphone owners want to use Apple Pay and Google Wallet
November 21, 2014
Survey found some 30 percent of respondents want to use the mobile wallets but are unsure where they're accepted.
read nowRewardsPay allows its online shoppers to pay using bitcoin
November 20, 2014
Partners with Coinbase to provide customers with additional payment option.
read nowSurvey: Most shoppers will buy at least one digital gift card this holiday season
November 20, 2014
Of the consumers surveyed, 72 percent have previously bought a gift card from an online website or mobile website/app.
read nowTrade association set to host mobile payments session in DC
November 14, 2014
The Merchants Payments Coalition wants to educate Congress members and their staffs about upcoming innovations in payments.
read nowNetworld Media Group to launch Virtual Currency Summit in Boston, April 2015
November 12, 2014
Renowned economic strategist Bruce Fenton, Managing Director of Atlantic Financial, has been confirmed as a featured Summit speaker.
read nowSquare begins pre-orders for EMV products
November 12, 2014
Company will release a standalone chip card reader for $29 and a Square Stand accessory for $39.
read nowNCR Silver POS adds bitcoin compatibility
November 10, 2014
Bitcoin support, which will be integrated with NCR Silver by the end of 2014, will be free to merchants.
read nowHome Depot sheds more light on data breach
November 7, 2014
In addition to the payment information already known stolen, the company says the thieves also took files containing 53 million email addresses, but not their…
read nowGivex's Vexilor POS now accepts bitcoin
November 7, 2014
Company announces partnership with Bitpay.
read nowMasterCard to acquire TNS' Payment Gateway business
November 6, 2014
MasterCard will acquire TNS' e-commerce and card-present payment gateways, which will become part of the DataCash payment gateway suite.
read nowTarget appoints Jacqueline Hourigan Rice as SVP, chief risk and compliance officer
November 6, 2014
Rice joins Target effective Dec. 1 and will report directly to Brian Cornell, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Target.
read nowNorth American consumers embrace mobile payments and virtual currency
November 6, 2014
Accenture survey finds that 40 percent of consumers in Canada and the U.S. have used their smartphone to make a payment at a merchant location.
read nowElectronic gift cards gaining popularity, especially among millennials
November 5, 2014
Fifty-nine percent of gift cards are now offered electronically, up 18 percentage points from 2010.
read nowVantiv prepped to roll out Durbin-compliant EMV card solutions
November 4, 2014
Having completed the first US Common AID-enabled EMV debit transaction with US merchants, Vantiv will begin production of Visa- and MasterCard-certified cards…
read nowFirst Data unveils Clover mobile POS
November 4, 2014
Armed with Clover Mobile, merchants can place orders, take secure payments, scan inventory, clock in employees, sync sales data with their accounting packages…
read nowBitpay intros NFC-based merchant POS app
November 4, 2014
Bitcoin Checkout is available today and can sit alongside existing systems.
read nowStaples investigating possible data breach
October 23, 2014
Has POS malware become an 'easy button' for payment card data theft and counterfeiting?
read nowVisa champions nationwide chip card education campaign
October 23, 2014
The company will work with public- and private-sector partners in an effort to educate merchants, policymakers, civic leaders and consumers about EMV.
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