Was your first reaction to the Global Payments – TSYS merger an eye roll and “here we go again”? Looking deeper at why these two companies are a good fit demonstrates the evolution of payment companies needing to think as software companies first,...

“Do you accept bitcoin?” Is this the question merchants can expect to be hearing soon? Recent news around bitcoin – specifically its rise above $10,000 in value - has once again begged the question – what is bitcoin? This time the question doesn’t...

Now that the largest banks in the land have come together to make settlement speed a competitive advantage in the P2P space, they still must address the complex customer experience and lack of mobile support that continues to drive customers in...

Mastercard relaunches its Masterpass service to enable issuers to deliver new bank branded payment apps

CFPB has proposed new rules for Payday, Auto Title, and High Cost Installment Loans and created

Coverage of the Best Of Show Winners from the Finovate Spring 2016 Show, along with three additional honorable mentions

The logjam preventing widespread adoption of real-time payments is going to be smashed in 2016 with growing adoption of mobile P2P. While banks and NACHA have been talking about delivering real-time payment functionality for the past several years,...

As Cybersecurity Awareness month comes to an end, Javelin encourages everyone to recognize the cyberrisks related to mobile devices. Most people have a reasonable awareness of good security safeguards for their computer – use antimalware regularly...

Apple’s rollout of its new smartwatch met with a predictable lack of love today. The undercurrent of many news reports was that it lacks a killer app, that it’s too pricey, and that it fails both as a gadget and a fashion item.

The island nation Mauritius, home to 1.3 million, might just be the future of micro-business commerce on Facebook.