
Sean Sposito
Sean Sposito is a freelance writer.

Sean Sposito is a freelance writer.
Several executives from retailers that make up the nascent Merchant Customer Exchange say they feel that the digital wallet joint venture is giving them a "seat at the table" where they once felt left out.
Mitek Systems (MITK) is planning on selling the mobile imaging software it already licenses to Progressive — which allows the auto insurer's customers to take pictures of their driver's license and documents — to other parties.
Walmart's Bluebird account — which the retailer is launching with American Express — and JPMorgan Chase's Liquid prepaid card are both potential disruptors that threaten conventional prepaid card companies' profits.
Between the cost of doling out the smart cards, consumer education and the need for new terminal technology, banks aren't likely to jump into issuing EMV cards just yet.
Rather than feel threatened by prepaid card efforts by Walmart, AmEx and JPMorgan Chase, NetSpend CEO Dan Henry believe the effect on consumer education those products will have can benefit his company.
After months of testing a method by which ATMs can dispense prepaid cards, Better ATM Services is rolling out the service to all of its clients.
The Mesa, Ariz. company said it is expanding a previous pilot that found success at several regional credit unions.
Payments startup Chirpify, which had originally focused primarily on Twitter, is now letting people buy things on Instagram, too.
The bank has added cash-flow modeling, Swift-like messaging and a new payments hub to its online banking options for corporate clients.
VeriFone announced Monday that it's sending its Square-competing mobile payment platform, Sail, overseas as a part of a pact with Israeli card issuer and acquirer Isracard.
NCR announced Monday that Indianapolis-based Salin Bank has chosen to install its video ATMs at its bank branches and drive-throughs.
The Indianapolis retail bank is placing NCR's APTRA Interactive Tellers in the lobby and drive-thrus of most of its 25 locations, according to an NCR spokesman.
The payment terminal maker said it's made a pact with Israel's largest card issuer and acquirer, Isracard, to distribute VeriFone's Sail card readers for iPhones and Android devices to Israeli merchants.
The gasoline retailer chose to roll out Paymedia after initially testing the technology at its corporate-owned sites in Austin, Texas.
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The gasoline retailer chose to roll out Paymedia after initially testing the technology at its corporate-owned sites in Austin, Texas.
The software, developed by the Duluth, Ga. ATM maker, allows SunTrust to track check deposits made from multiple locations, such as branches, ATMs, smartphones, as well as other channels.
After years of providing financial services, Walmart is becoming an even fiercer bank competitor with the addition of American Express’s checking account alternative, the Bluebird prepaid card.
After years of providing financial services, Walmart is becoming a more formidable bank competitor with the addition of American Express's checking account alternative, Bluebird.
The Bluebird card will run on American Express's Serve platform and allow many ways of loading money.