Digital payments
Digital payments
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Starbucks Corp. Chief Operating Officer Troy Alstead will go on an extended unpaid hiatus, leaving the worlds largest coffee-shop chain without a No. 2 to Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz.
January 9 -
The earliest implementations of the 3D Secure e-commerce system amounted to a password for consumers' payment cards and a link between consumer and card issuer an idea that is growing stale in a world where consumers are able to authenticate payments with more sophisticated tech.
January 8 -
PayPal's mobile payments application can now be accessed by BlackBerry users in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, with plans for more markets later on.
January 8 -
Skrill, an e-commerce provider based in New York, plans to offer its digital wallet as a payment option in Second Life, the once-popular virtual world game that was released in 2003.
January 8 -
Wirecard, a digital payments company based in Germany, has partnered with Five by Five, a software provider in Croatia, to provide mobile point of sale technology to small businesses.
January 8 -
A Helsinki, Finland-based startup is hoping to knock down one of the barriers to credit-card acceptance in developing countries: a lack of reliable Internet access.
January 8 -
Biometric security has become a hot topic in the payments industry with many experts lauding its convenience and effectiveness. But there's no consensus on whether to store biometric data locally or in the cloud.
January 8 -
Apple's reputation as a negotiator is rather simpleit doesn't negotiate. But Strategic Resource Management, a negotiation company with 200 clients in financial services, contends issuers and merchants have a chance to win more favorable terms with Apple.
January 7 -
High-tech cards have struggled to gain traction as a distinct, offline and often expensive consumer gadget for storing and protecting multiple payment accounts. But the pervasiveness of Internet access points and Internet-connected devices could give some of these gadgets fresh appeal.
January 7 -
EBay Inc. named Bonnie Hammer, chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, to its board as the 10th independent director, bringing in an executive with a background in consumer and social-media content.
January 6 -
The crowdfunding site Kickstarter has adopted payment service Stripe for all of its transactions, replacing Amazon Payments.
January 6 -
As a consortium of banks and mobile networks in New Zealand puts the finishing touches on its mobile wallet system, the group chose a technology "hub" model to ensure that it can adapt to the fast-changing movements in the payments industry.
January 6 -
Video tellers are being touted as a way for banks to increase efficiencies and cut costs while also giving customers the human interaction they desire, but some argue that speed is more important than seeing a friendly face.
January 6 -
Though Amazon.com's Fire Phone sputtered out as soon as it launched, the company has built a solid foundation in mobile payments that will fuel its next big moves in 2015.
January 5 -
General Motors has unveiled a feature, called AtYourService, to complement its OnStar in-car assistance service by providing retail-oriented features to drivers.
January 5 -
Sellers using e-commerce marketplace Atomic Mail can now add Dwolla as a payment option on the checkout pages of their websites.
January 5 -
The tech consultancy firm FIME, based in Antony, France, has been qualified as a near field communication certification tester in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
January 5 -
Apple Pay has already achieved the cool factor with its innovative payment system and convenience factor.
January 5 -
Person-to-person payment services haven't always fared well, but a year-old French startup, Flooz, thinks a P2P app can succeed in its home country if it has the right interface and steep social barrier to entry.
January 5 -
Mobile operators in Taiwan now support the nation's largest mobile commerce platform, which enables Near Field Communication mobile payments.
January 2


