PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

What CVS says is unique about CVS Pay (clearly not the name) is that it enables HSA and other co-pay information to be stored in the app so that the proper amount is charged to the user’s registered card at checkout. Its pitch to the family is to use their local Mastercard branded credit or debit card to make those payments.

Lending 100

Lending Apple Cards Study 100

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. Fees follow. Ever stand behind anyone trying to use mobile pay?

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

An app with a card on file, Uber, as all of us who are addicted to it know, requires no intervention on the part of the consumer to pay and tip the driver. Cards on file are charged once the rider’s destination has been reached and the consumer left the vehicle. plus other geographies.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Peace Among Merchants and Card Networks. Seriously a Sizzle!

New York 100

New York Lending Cards Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

After a high of 614,024 SMB openings in 2014, the Census reported that only 452,835 firms were started in the U.S. Installment credit options also help convert more shoppers to buyers by financing a single product — instead of having to rely on a credit card. Clover Food Labs was one food truck with a Square reader in Boston in 2008.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

It could aggregate payments cards, loyalty cards, store coupons, and maybe even convert a consumer’s physical identity into something digital so that a consumer could literally leave home without her wallet. That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. Then, the retailers distracted themselves.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. How about Facebook gift cards? There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change. A slam dunk for Facebook, right?

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

In 2014, the Grand Bazaar was named the world’s No. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Search, once the online gateway for consumers and brands to discover each other, now holds short shrift to Amazon, where 60 percent of consumers now say they start their searches for what to buy.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

In 2014, the Grand Bazaar was named the world’s No. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Search, once the online gateway for consumers and brands to discover each other, now holds short shrift to Amazon, where 60 percent of consumers now say they start their searches for what to buy.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112