Payments Startup Affirm Takes on Risk to Bring One-Click Shopping to Mobile
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin launched a new payments company called Affirm this week. Described as an online "charge card" along ...
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Google Wallet Installs Top 5 Million
The release of the new version of Google Wallet in late January appears to be paying dividends. Installs of Wallet ...
PayPal at the Pump [VIDEO]
Gas up with PayPal! The popular payments platform is now available at the gas station. Simply scan a QR code ...
Chase Taps Michael for ‘Head of Digital’
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has named Dr. Gavin Michael to be "head of digital for consumer and community banking," a ...
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 ...
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 ...
FIS to Buy mFoundry for $120 Million
Mobile banking platform provider mFoundry will be purchased by FIS for about $120 million, FIS announced today. FIS -- officially Fidelity ...
Mobile Payments Aren’t Exactly Working Out at Facebook
Although Facebook generated around $2,000 a minute in payments revenue last quarter, that income paled in comparison to advertising, which ...
Game of Darts: Timing Mobile Wallet Adoption Gets Wonky
Ready to ditch your fake leather wallet and use your smartphone to pay when you're out painting the town red? ...
After Limp Quarter, VeriFone Ends Battle With Square
Lackluster quarterly earnings at VeriFone were overshadowed by the payments company's plan to ditch its SAIL initiative that competed (and ...
