Technology
Technology
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Mobile payments will replace cash and cards. Or the technology will stall for lack of consumer interest. It all depends on which report you read.
March 24 -
There is a growing opportunity for health care providers to benefit from adding a self-service option, particularly as the portion of revenue they get directly from patients increases.
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EBay Inc., which is spinning off its PayPal division later this year, plans to pay each of the two new companies' chief executive officers $14 million in total compensation after the split.
March 24 - PSO content
London's Powa Technologies and AnywhereCommerce, a mobile payments technology firm based in Montreal, are teaming up to integrate their payment development software.
March 24 - Wisconsin
BROOKFIELD, Wis. Fiserv, Inc., provider of financial services technology solutions, said Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union has expanded its relationship with the company by adding multiple digital solutions.
March 24 - California
SAN DIEGO Credit union core processor Corelation, Inc., said it has signed seven credit unions and converted three previously signed clients to its open architecture system, KeyStone, in the first three months of 2015.
March 24 -
The design of Square Cash's new "$Cashtag" system may seem like a cutesy move to appeal to more consumers, but the underlying changes to the app show that Square's new focus is all business.
March 23 -
In keeping with the growing market for global e-commerce payments, Stripe has developed a new version of its Connect service tailored for international startups.
March 23 - PSO content
Western Union and Hyperwallet, a payment tech firm, will partner to launch a new global mass payment product.
March 23 -
An employee's careless tweet or Facebook status update can pose big risks to financial firms, but social media is still a necessary tool for engaging with younger customers.
March 23 -
EBay Inc. appointed two independent directors in advance of its planned spinoff of online-payment platform PayPal this year.
March 23 - PSO content
As the federal tax filing deadline approaches next month, tax-related scams are heating up.
March 23 -
Fast-developing technologies are dumping fresh risk on a payments industry already reeling from a parade of data breaches, placing more pressure on cross-industry efforts to improve security.
March 23 -
Matt Swann, who was in charge of Amazon Register and the defunct Amazon Wallet, has left Amazon.com for a role at Citigroup, according to a report by TechCrunch.
March 20 -
The mobile wallet market takes no prisoners. Startups and big companies have an even playing field, and many have already scrapped one or more products while others have given up the fight entirely.
March 20 -
In just one week, Swedish company Seamless has expanded its SEQR mobile payment service to three more countries in Europe.
March 20 -
UnionPay International, a Shanghai-based subsidiary of China UnionPay, has launched a rewards program with duty free businesses at airports around the world.
March 20 -
Large banks and card issuers are ready for the U.S. shift to chip-and-PIN technology, according to a report issued Wednesday. But the drop in fraud that is expected to result is unlikely to come any time soon.
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. While most credit unions say they would like to attract younger members, Boulder Dam CU reports a remarkable 85% penetration of 18-to-29 year olds in its field of membership.
March 20 - PSO content
When people think about financial inclusion, their minds tend to go first to highly-publicized unbanked regions in Africa and parts of Asia. But many people in other parts of the world, including the U.S., lack access to traditional financial services.
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