In the world of venture capital, unicorns  are so-called because of their lofty— and rarely seen—valuations. But such companies are growing more numerous in the tech field. Payments is no exception. In the world of venture capital and private equity, where quite a few payments startups operate, it’s astonishing how …

E-commerce processor Adyen Inc. announced last month it is now offering payments capability for physical stores in the United States, a move that follows the company’s success in providing a payments gateway for a number of prominent digital clients, including Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, and Netflix. Adyen, a Netherlands-based company with …

For years merchants have sought ways to market to customers on a personal level and drive in-store sales in real time. Is beacon technology the answer? There’s been a lot buzz lately around the use of mobile beacons in merchant locations to drive sales, and with good reason. With smart …

  Card-not-present fraud isn’t the only looming threat for payments providers and merchants. Account-takeover losses are also set to take off. As criminals find it easy and affordable to use the Internet to obtain millions of pieces of personally identifiable information about consumers, the prospects of greater fraud overall are …

We haven’t heard a whole lot lately about beacons, those small transmitters merchants were supposed to station in their stores to beam offers out to customers as they were passing by or browsing in the aisles. So we decided to run a story this month on the matter to see …

Sweden’s online-payments firm Klarna started operations in the United States only five months ago, but already it is making itself felt in the highly competitive business of serving U.S. e-commerce merchants. By early January, nearly 20 retailers had signed up for the company’s streamlined checkout service, including big sellers Overstock.com …

When the U.S. rollout of EMV cards started in earnest last year, many experts predicted consumers would soon tire of the time-consuming chip-reading routine, putting pressure on the payments industry to usher in contactless EMV and more mobile wallets. But that’s not happening, at least not all that much and …

Just as there are two sides to every coin, there’s a second side to the mobile wallet beyond payments. It’s marketing. That’s one of the takeaways from a recent survey from Vibes, a Chicago-based mobile-marketing specialist. Though the survey of more than 1,000 smart-phone owners found that only 32% of …

For years merchants have sought ways to market to customers on a personal level and drive in-store sales in real time. Is beacon technology the answer? Thereäó»s been a lot buzz lately around the use of mobile beacons in merchant locations to drive sales, and with good reason. With smart …

Card-not-present fraud isnäó»t the only looming threat for payments providers and merchants. Account-takeover losses are also set to take off. As criminals find it easy and affordable to use the Internet to obtain millions of pieces of personally identifiable information about consumers, the prospects of greater fraud overall are high. …