Walmart launches its Walmart Pay the same day MCX announces a delay in national launch of its CurrentC mobile app

It’s been a long anticipated issue with EMV – the time it takes to “dip” a card compared to the much accustomed “swipe”. ime stands still as you wait for a beep or a flashing light or confetti or something. Perceived wisdom is that that this is...

As we discussed in MasterCard’s Security Matters, conventional wisdom indicates that card not present fraud will skyrocket as the United States shifts to EMV over the course of the next few years. Typically, this analysis is accompanied by analogies...

Can I use Apple Pay? What’s applespay? No, Apple Pay. I mean, can I use my phone to pay for this? Um, like Google or whatever? I wouldn’t, it’s super unsafe, like, people can steal your stuff.

It would not be unfair to compare some of today’s black hats to the illusionists of yesteryear, as the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches were tricks of almost Houdiniesque proportions – they occurred right before our eyes, while being almost...

My first reaction to seeing the news that Keith Rabois was leaving was Square that this was another indication that the MPOS space was getting crowded and heading for a shakeup. After all, margins are razor thin and Verifone had recently sunk Sail.