Top 5 Technology Trends in Financial Services – July 2013
Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is a challenging task. Emerging technology forces in the financial services industry are already impacting business. The convergence of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Can You Spot Russell Simmons in the New Rushcard TV Ad Released Today?
Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Records and the Phat Farm clothing line launched Rushcard, a prepaid Visa, last April. The card, which is banked through The Bancorp, introduced its first TV ad...
View ArticlePayPal Takes a Deeper Dive into Brick and Mortar with MoneyGram Deal
PayPal deepened its investment in the world of brick and mortar with a MoneyGram partnership, announced yesterday, that allows PayPal account holders — all 120 million of them — to deposit and withdraw...
View ArticleCard Rewards Company Myze to Launch New Venture
Myze, a startup that pushes deals and rewards based on a customer’s location, preferences and credit card portfolio, is preparing the launch of a parallel venture in another platform, Bank Innovation...
View ArticleMore Than 50 Credit Unions Now Offer the V.me Digital Wallet
More than 50 credit unions offer the V.me digital wallet from Visa. Navy Federal Credit Union, the nation’s largest credit union, became the latest to offer V.me to its members, it was reported by...
View ArticleAUDIO: Wells Fargo Working on Google Glass App, Wide Range of ‘Internet of...
What does the internet of things — “smart” devices of every ilk — mean for banking? With the internet all around us, banking has the opportunity to “envelope” consumers with “smart” banking services...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots with Payments and Patient Data
I know that this isn’t a healthcare blog, but I think the connections between financial services and healthcare are important and provide some new perspectives for professionals in these industries....
View ArticleMobile Commerce Daily: Movida is “Perfect for India”
Mobile Commerce Daily recently reported on the newly-announced partnership between Movida (Visa and Monitise’s joint venture in India) and ICICI Bank, along with providing a detailed review of Movida....
View ArticleChase Paymentech Looks Downmarket to Small and Midsize Businesses
Chase Paymentech, which processed a cool $655.2 billion in transactions in 2012 — about 5x as much as PayPal — is reaching out to small and midsize businesses with its Chase Mobile Checkout product....
View ArticleFacebook Reboot of Its Payments Strategy a Sign of Ongoing Weakness
You would think that with 1.155 billion active users by the end of last quarter, Facebook would be raking in the payments revenue. You would be wrong. The company — which today AllThingsD disclosed...
View ArticleMasterCard on the Hunt for an Emerging Payments Leader
MasterCard is short a Senior Business Leader for emerging payments, and is actively looking to fill the position. The job appears to have opened within the last several weeks. According to the payments...
View ArticleTemenos Offers Suite of Payments Products to Its Global Customers
Temenos, a Swiss maker of banking software with a global client base, is taking a deeper dive into the payments game. The company has quietly added a payment suite to its list of products in recent...
View ArticlePlug and Pay: A Gallery of 26 Mobile Card Readers
Dongles, dongles everywhere. Since the launch of Square’s lozenge-shaped credit card reader in 2010, dongles to process credit card transactions have proliferated with ecstatic abandon. Many are free....
View ArticleVIDEO: Bank Innovation TV on the Prospects for Facebook Payments
This new episode of Bank Innovation TV looks at Facebook‘s move into the payments space reported on Aug. 16. Can it leverage its 1-billion member base into a viable payments vehicle?
View ArticleCardlytics Will Expand Location-Based Offers in 2014
Card-linked offers company Cardlytics is set to expand its location-based offerings in 2014. The company already facilitates targeted marketing based on location, frequency of visits, and amount spent....
View ArticleSystems of Engagement are Key Enablers for Omnibanking
Omni-channel is probably one of the hottest buzzwords in the retail industry and we’re starting to see it spill over into other industries like financial services. Omni-channel opens up the doors for...
View ArticleBluebird Introduces Goals and Savings with SetAside
Bluebird, the prepaid offering from American Express and Walmart, introduced a new feature in its app update today called SetAside. Users can take money from their available balance and put it toward...
View ArticleVIDEO: See PayPal Overhaul Its Offices
Want to know what PayPal’s new, open-architecture offices look like? Check out this new video of the office transformation at the payments company.
View ArticleVIDEO: Swiss Startup Groosker Uses QR Codes to Speed Up Online Shopping
The Swiss startup Groosker uses QR codes as a digital wallet. The user scans a QR code on an ecommerce site with his mobile phone and payment information, stored with Groosker, which is then used to...
View ArticleAs Twitter Wades into Commerce, a Diversified Chirpify is Not Sweating It
Twitter hired a new commerce chief, Nathan Hubbard, to lead the social network in inline commerce – buying and selling within tweets, the company announced earlier this week. But the pioneer in this...
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