Building mobile payments infrastructure: 3 key learnings
Want a robust, widely-used mobile payments system like AliPay or WeChat Pay? Learn from Latin America and avoid these three pitfalls.
Treasury Fintech Report Creates Call To Action for Industry Collaboration
Fintech is going mainstream. Ten years ago smartphones barely existed. In contrast, today over 100 million consumers rely on digital financial services to manage their daily lives. Some examples: EarnUp optimizes how consumers manage their debt so that they can save money; the average EarnUp customer saves $20,000 in
In China, a “techfin” approach wins out over “fintech”
Technology first, finances second makes Chinese ecommerce an interesting case study
The rise of prepaid cards in America
What’s making prepaid cards one of the fastest-growing financial products in the country
What is direct debit?
Explaining the ACH-based payment option that’s popular in the U.K. and Europe
How does NFC payment work?
The burgeoning technology used for tap-and-go payment relies on radio waves and electromagnetic fields
What might in-store payments of the future look like?
Technologies of the future exist today—but consumer adoption will slow things down
The past, present, and future of PayPal
How the payments giant started, grew, and continues to adapt to change
How does PayPal work?
Why making payments easier for the consumer means layers of complexity behind the scenes
’Tis the season for payments processing
How holiday spending benefits the players handling payments but also increases potential for fraud
Why payment innovations are essential to progress in consumer technology
A look at eBay, Uber, and Flipkart as examples of how payments underpin innovation as a whole
Who’s winning the digital wallet wars
And is anyone making money on it?
Credit or debit: What’s the difference?
Credit cards and debit cards are two mainstays of consumer spending—in 2014, 78 percent of Americans preferred these two payment methods [http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/payment-method-statistics-1276.php] over any other, including cash. But what are the differences between the two? The source of money. When consumers pay for