Love from Venmo
I received this cute and smart message from social P2P company Venmo (recently acquired by Braintree) yesterday, Valentine's Day. The...
Payments
16 Pinterest Boards Every Banker Will Love
Last December, Pinterest was the 42nd-most-trafficked website, according to comScore, the data company -- which means it matters. Even to...
Pageonce Takes Payments ‘Hyperlocal’
When was the last time you wrote a check? What, just yesterday? Personal finance and payments company Pageonce wants to...
9 Eurostyle Innovations
Europe has long been more aggressive about banking innovation than other regions around the world, especially the US. Despite the...
Visa Sets Goal of V.me Usage by Third of All Europeans
As part of its announcement that the Nationwide Building Society, the largest building society in the United Kingdom, will offer the...
American Express Members Can Tweet to Make Purchases
You can now cash in on your Twitter feed. American Express introduced Amex Sync on Twitter Monday, which allows for limited payments...
Credit Agricole Opens Its API and Good Things Happen
Last October, Credit Agricole Group, the mega (but troubled) French bank, became what is thought to be the first traditional...
A Thin Field for More Deals like FIS’s Acquisition of mFoundry
When the FIS acquisition of mFoundry was announced last week -- along with ACI Worldwide’s acquisition of Online Resources --...
The Strategy Behind Apple’s Payments Patents Campaign
What's really behind all these payments patents Apple is securing? Apple has been among the most avid pursuers of payments...
Finding the Honey in Online Shopping
Have you ever hunted around for coupon codes during the checkout process at an e-commerce site? (I hope so --...
