David Heun is an associate editor for technology at American Banker.
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Payoneer Inc. CEO Scott Galit says a new partnership with online marketplace Fiverr illustrates how his company is positioned for providing payments services in a changing business world.
By David HeunJuly 31 -
Money transfer provider MoneyGram International has entered an agreement with Payzone SA to offer services throughout Romania.
By David HeunJuly 30 -
MasterCard Inc.'s digital wallet continues its move around the globe, as consumers in the U.K. today became the latest to have access to MasterPass.
By David HeunJuly 30 -
Visa and MasterCard have agreed to share their common application identifier technology, enabling EMV-chip based debit transactions to originate from a single application while allowing merchants a choice of networks for routing.
By David HeunJuly 30 -
Prepaid card fees have plagued otherwise successful entrepreneurs and celebrity endorsers, including Suze Orman the Kardashian Sisters and Justin Bieber. But to prepaid card users, fees have left the spotlight.
By David HeunJuly 30 -
In the payments industry, point of sale technology has become the "hottest area" of interest for companies considering an acquisition, according to the investment bank Berkery Noyes.
By David HeunJuly 30 -
Commuters in San Francisco can now use their transportation-fare card to pay for parking in city garages.
By David HeunJuly 29 -
Payments industry veteran Tom Dolan will head the new Canadian office for Total Merchant Services, the independent sales organization announced today.
By David HeunJuly 29 -
Visa and MasterCard may differ on their support of chip-and-PIN in the U.S., but they are of one mind in their approach to Australia.
By David HeunJuly 29 -
Global Payments Inc. executives highlighted its strategic partnerships with PayPal Here in the U.K. and CaixaBank in Brazil as vital to its business in the coming year.
By David HeunJuly 25 -
In what its president says could be a "watershed event" in the debate over EMV debit transactions, the Secure Remote Payment Council has softened its stance to welcome Visa and MasterCard applications on EMV-chip cards.
By David HeunJuly 25 -
The Dunkin' Donuts mobile payment app is "a continuing driver of sales" for the company, as more than 3 million customers have downloaded the app through the second quarter of 2013.
By David HeunJuly 25 -
The U.S. should follow the model that worked for the U.K. in its "seamless, coordinated" transition to the EMV-chip card standard seven years ago, Auriemma Consulting Group states in a new report.
By David HeunJuly 25 -
Mobile wallet provider Lemon Inc. has begun providing the payment function that had been missing from its mobile wallet.
By David HeunJuly 24 -
London-based Kalixa Payments Group is offering consumers in Europe a mobile wallet based on DeviceFidelity's Near Field Communication technology.
By David HeunJuly 24 -
Mumbai power distributor Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. says it has established the first mobile and Web-based digital option for residents to pay their utility bills.
By David HeunJuly 22 -
A mobile security expert in Germany says he found a flaw in the encryption technology of some mobile phone SIM cards holding personal and payment details.
By David HeunJuly 22 -
TouchSuite says the cloud is the perfect place for salon owners to operate their point of sale systems.
By David HeunJuly 22 -
Eat24.com has developed a new point of sale terminal and restaurant management system it intends to offer for free to help clients handle online food orders.
By David HeunJuly 22 -
PayPal increased its presence in Australian bars, cafes and restaurants today by securing agreements with hospitality technology companies EatNow, OrderMate and Beat the Q.
By David HeunJuly 19
