Payments

Facebook is planning to launch a new crypto currency for users to buy goods online. Over the last year it has been recruiting banks, payment companies and merchants to accept and facilitate the [...]

Google reported sharply slowing revenue growth for its digital ads business as new competitors including card-linked marketing platforms and Amazon, Walmart.com gain traction. Google’s first [...]

Wirecard is a leading global payments platform and processor that focuses on merchants in-store and on-line payments processing needs. Wirecard is publicly traded and currently has a market cap [...]

FIS has entered into an agreement to acquire e-commerce payments processor WorldPay. FIS's acquisition of WorldPay illustrates that the drive for scale is an important component for innovation [...]

Mastercard is expanding its range of worldwide payment options with an agreement to acquire Transfast, a global cross-border account-to-account money transfer network. The combination of [...]

Gamification has gone mainstream in payments. From Starbucks to CardLinx member Luckycycle, gamification for mobile payments is evolving to increase consumer engagement and increase overall sales.

Automakers are expanding their business models to encompass electronic payments and internet-connected vehicles. Both Volkswagen and Daimler AG recently announced acquisitions of payments companies.

CardLinx announces the availability of a new open source card-linking software suite developed by Microsoft, one of its founding members. Microsoft has made the codebase for its Earn card-linking [...]

Mastercard introduces Identity Check Mobile in Europe to simplify online shopping for millions. Identity Check Mobile uses biometrics, such as a fingerprint or facial recognition through a [...]

Jeff Mankoff, founder and CEO of vPromos, discusses two ways that card-linked offers can be delivered, linked and redeemed: cloud card-linking and the second is terminal integrated card-linking. [...]