Sky-high abandonment rates, PayPal dominance, and a new online standard are pushing the major card networks toward a common buy button. But don’t look for that to emerge any time soon. When the major card networks in April started talking about what they called a common buy button for e-commerce, …
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Security Notes: Payment in an AI Ecosystem
Payment should be efficient, secure, and convenient. Alas, these three objectives pull in different directions. Efficiency and convenience tend to undermine security; convenience pulls towards versatility, which in turn harms efficiency. A balance is called for, and the most daring ideas call for a dynamic rather than a static balance. …
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Representatives of large retailers including Walmart Inc. and Home Depot Inc. met with federal regulators this week to voice their concerns about a common buy button for e-commerce under development by the major card networks, The Wall Street Journal reported. The retailers’ main concern reportedly is how a buy button …
Read More »Mitek Systems Buys France’s A2iA To Bolster Its Presence in Mobile Imaging
Mitek Systems Inc. announced Wednesday that it acquired Paris-based Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis (A2iA), a developer of text-recognition and imaging software, for €42.5 million ($49.8 million) in cash and stock. The move bolsters San Diego-based Mitek’s already strong position in the remote deposit capture market and gives it access …
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Payments industry veteran Dan Henry has been named chairman of 3PEA International Inc., a prepaid card program manager. President and chief executive Mark Newcomer, who co-founded the company and has served as chairman since 2006, will become vice chairman. Henry was until recently chief executive of prepaid card specialist NetSpend, …
Read More »No Time to Lose With The Daunting Task of Securing Payments for the Internet of Things
The proliferation of smart watches, voice commerce, and vehicle-based payments has got merchants abuzz about the potential for making purchases more convenient. But securing these payments is a scattershot affair, with each provider wielding its own protocols, attendees learned at the CNP Expo this week in Orlando, Fla. Payments companies …
Read More »Wells Fargo’s Mobile App Moves Payments to Center Stage, Even Before the Log-in
Ever since banks, merchants, and tech companies first introduced mobile services, they’ve looked for ways to entice more usage by streamlining the way consumers interact with little screens. Now Wells Fargo & Co. has decided to put frequently used payments services on the home screen of its mobile app, before …
Read More »Eye on Financing: EVO’s Roadshow Starts; USAT Seeks $50 Million
Two payments companies are turning to the investment market to raise funds with public offerings. EVO Payments International says it began its roadshow to promote its initial public offering it announced in April. If successful, the IPO could generate anywhere from $186,666,662 to $213,333,328, based on a share value ranging from $14 …
Read More »The Economic Winds Blow Mastercard’s Way, Lifting Purchase Volumes and Profits
Strong consumer spending and a benign world economy worked in Mastercard Inc.’s favor in the first quarter, lifting the network’s U.S. purchase volume by nearly 11% and profits by over 30%. The No. 2 payment card network by volume on Wednesday reported that U.S. purchase volume rose 11% to $359 …
Read More »What Ails the Mobile Wallets?
General-purpose mobile wallets have yet to convince most merchants and consumers that they have real value. Can that change, and if so, when? The hype over mobile wallets hasn’t ceased ever since Google Checkout launched way back in 2006, and it’s only become louder since Apple Inc. unveiled Apple Pay …
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