Daniel Wolfe is content director for payments and credit unions at American Banker. He was previously editor-in-chief of PaymentsSource, a sister publication that combined with American Banker in 2021. Prior to that, Daniel held roles at American Banker including tech and risk management editor; technology, cards and payments editor; and technology reporter. He has a master's degree in print journalism from Boston University's College of Communication and a bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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Amid success stories like Apple Pay, Google Pay and the Starbucks app, there are many wallet apps that failed to gain traction — or squandered it when they did. But there is a lot to learn from their experiences.
August 23 -
Apple is far from the first to apply a high-tech spin to the ordinary payment card. Several other companies before it have experimented with technology and materials in the hopes of providing a unique form of payment.
August 16 -
Apple's new credit card isn't just another virtual card in its virtual wallet. It borrows a lot of features from the most successful brands in payments and technology.
August 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Digital payments advance in sports; Amazon Dash set to expire; Albania cracks down on tax pay cheats; Facial recognition ATMs expand in Spain; A stablecoin for legal weed.
August 2 -
When Amazon was busy driving traffic to its site — and the likes of Walmart and Best Buy were aggressively trying to pull shoppers away — it also invited several issuers to compete to be the top-of-wallet card for Prime Day spending.
July 22 -
The Prime Day event is also a chance for Amazon to showcase a new range of devices and payment options — but in 2019, Amazon is making some key changes to how it asks its audience to shop.
July 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon gets a boost from streamers; Upgrade cycles get longer, and create opportunity for hackers; Singapore will issue digital bank licenses.
July 1 -
Facebook's Libra project didn't come from nowhere. The social network has a long history of experimenting with digital payments, and launched a separate (and ill-fated) digital currency a decade ago.
June 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Facebook's cryptocurrency gets more detail; Lloyds adds to open banking; Domino's tests driverless cars; Euro messaging moves forward; Billing tech draws investors.
June 18 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web: Target's troubled weekend; Australia's choppy NPP rollout; Alexa shopping for kids; and more.
June 17
