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 --...
Payments
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 --...
V.me Gains Traction
Visa's V.me is making market inroads. Visa disclosed yesterday that its online payment checkout solution has: 31 merchant sites live...
Programming an NFC Tag Gets Remarkably Easy
It's a snap to program an NFC (near field communication) tag. Now, what to do with it?
Waterfall of Payments Patents Granted with Apple and Amazon Leading the Charge
The US Patent Office granted a slew of payments patents already in 2013, most notably to Apple and Amazon. In...
Younger Users of Bank Apps Want Push Notifications to Avoid Fees, Study Finds
Alert, alert, alert. That's what younger financial services customers want: alerts from their mobile apps when they are in danger...
During Super Bowl XLVII, E*Trade Was the Only Financial Services Advertiser
For financial services marketers, it is anything but a "Super" Bowl this year. According to published reports, E*Trade Financial was...
First Financial in Abilene, Texas is the First Bank to Launch Mobile Photo Bill Pay
First Financial, an Abilene, Texas-based bank with 55 locations in the Lone Star State, is the nation's first bank to...
GoBank Holding Off on Mobile Payments Until Apple and Walmart Commit to a Standard
Green Dot CEO Steven Streit indicated that GoBank, Green Dot's checking account product, would not move forward in mobile payments...
