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George Peabody From financial institutions to card networks to mobile carriers, a fixation on payments has dimmed the once-bright prospects for near-field communication technology. Wences Casares, founder of Bling Nation and Lemon.com, once said of near-field communication, “NFC is a great technology. But it was abducted by payments, and hasn’t …
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A 10-Year Visa-Chase Deal Will Include Direct Issuer Links to Select Merchants
Visa Inc. and banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday announced a 10-year partnership that promises to shake up the merchant-acquiring world by creating direct links between card issuers and merchants. Chase, which owns the nation’s second-largest acquirer, Chase Paymentech, is licensing a private version of Visa’s VisaNet transaction-processing …
Read More »FIS Enters Real-Time Person-to-Person Payments Arena with People Pay Service
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) on Monday rolled out its entry in the person-to-person payments sweepstakes and, as with other providers in recent months, its service offers real-time settlement. Indeed, People Pay—the name FIS has given its new P2P service—is built on the PayNet network the company introduced …
Read More »Endpoint: Why Financial Institutions Should Be Building Mobile-Payments Networks
How banks and credit unions handle card payments from mobile devices will determine whether they remain relevant in the battle for mobile payments, says Dave Keenan. Using integrated networks, banks can create a branded mobile-payments hub to enable consumers to make payments on their own terms across all channels and …
Read More »Cover Story: The Coming Shakeout in Mobile Payments
It’s coming sooner for some players than for others. Here’s why—and how to be a survivor. By John Stewart and Jim Daly If you’re a purveyor of mobile wallets or a vendor of mobile-acceptance gear, you don’t have to be told that you have plenty of company. What’s less clear …
Read More »By Launching a Branded Cash-Funding Product, PayPal Turns up Heat on Banks
PayPal Inc. on Thursday took a step closer to providing bank-like account access with its introduction of a branded prepaid card that can be used to fund PayPal accounts. The PayPal My Cash Card, which is the first PayPal-branded prepaid card in the 14-year-old company’s history, allows consumers who lack …
Read More »Pressing Acquisition Strategy, TSYS Uses ProPay Deal to Get into Mobile Acceptance
Total System Services Inc.’s announcement late last week that it has agreed to buy ProPay Inc. is the latest chapter in TSYS’s strategy of bulking up its position in the merchant-acquiring business through acquisitions. The deal will also hand the Columbus, Ga.-based processor a key stake in the rapidly growing …
Read More »Cover Story: Sixth Annual The 10 Most Pressing Issues in E-Payments
From continued interchange challenges to pokey transactions to uppity merchants, the payments business has a full agenda of pesky problems. Here’s our look at the latest crop, ranked in order of gnarliness. By John Stewart and Jim Daly If it is true that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, …
Read More »Mobile-Payments Pioneer Obopay Puts Itself on the Block As Wallet Trend Heats up
Obopay Inc., a pioneer in mobile payments whose profile fell as mobile wallets gained momentum, has put itself up for sale, according to sources familiar with the matter. Details about the sale remain sketchy, including possible valuations and the identity of bidders, but sources say the 7-year-old company and its …
Read More »FIS Heats up Faster Funds Trend with Its PayNet Real-Time Network
The nascent market for faster funds transfers, which has been on the boil all year, heated up further this week with Fidelity National Information Services Inc.’s announcement of its real-time PayNet network. The new system, which relies on FIS’s NYCE Payments Network LLC debit switch, is live with 200 FIS …
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