Michael Moeser is an Austin, Texas-based senior content strategist for Arizent. He has over 25 years of payments and consulting industry experience working in executive roles at Visa, Capital One, McKinsey, Javelin Strategy, and Ondot Systems. He has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a BBA in Finance from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
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FleetCor’s Brazilian electronic toll unit, operating under the brand name Sem Parar, is partnering with McDonald's to enable its customers to make contactless purchases at the drive-thru window.
October 31 -
KBC Bank, a unit of Belgian banking and insurance conglomerate KBC Group N.V., launched a new spare change investing program that rounds up a customer’s daily spend and payment transactions to the next full Euro and invests the difference.
October 30 -
As the gift card market grows and becomes increasingly digital, so has the product's utility. Thus, many consumers are shifting their habits and buying gift cards for themselves either due to an incentive program or to help with budgeting.
October 30 -
Accounts payables automation is a tough sell for companies that don't want to abandon a process they have clung to for decades. But this old process is a big target for fraudsters — and growing.
October 29 -
The Zelle network processed 116 million transactions during the July-September 2018 timeframe with a total value of $32 billion in payments.
October 23 -
Societe Generale launched a contactless biometric payment trial in France for a debit card with a built-in fingerprint reader.
October 22 -
Indian wallet provider Paytm has entered the Japanese market in a joint venture with SoftBank Group and Yahoo Japan.
October 22 -
Mastercard is making the first move among the card networks, again, on moving away from the signature requirement — completely removing the space for a signature from its cards.
October 18 -
The vast majority of card fraud in post-EMV Australia affects digital payments, a trend that has prompted government action, expedited security projects, and financial pressure on banks from retailers.
October 18 -
This week marks the official start of Canada’s legalized recreational cannabis industry — and American Express, Visa and Mastercard are ready to handle the new market's payments, in a stark contrast to their stance in the U.S.
October 17