The debate is still raging whether Bitcoin is a brilliant idea that will revolutionize business and society, a high-tech money laundering scheme, or just a fad that will soon pass into history. But in a fascinating post, Jon Matonis points [...]

Mobile money would transform even more lives in poor countries if regulators got out of the way IN 2007 Safaricom, the biggest mobile operator in Kenya, launched M-PESA, a service that allows money to be [...]

We are in the midst of a great revolution the payments space We are in the midst of a great revolution the payments space: anyone with a phone can now accept credit cards; online-to-offline commerce is allowing [...]

PayPal and Apple are working on alternatives which could be simpler to install   Google and others are promoting Near Field Communication technology, which involves replacing credit cards with phones which can be tapped on a reader [...]

There’s a revolution happening on the selling floor.   It’s Mobile Point-of-Sale, and it’s changing the way retailers do business. In its latest retail solution breakthrough, KWI offers this exciting new technology as a Cloud-based [...]

Late last year, after WikiLeaks began releasing its trove of State Department cables, many individuals sought to show solidarity with the group by making a donation. They found, however, that many payment processors would not [...]

Image via Wikipedia One of the most potentially disruptive startups of the last ten years is emerging into the light this week. And I honestly don’t say that lightly. Christian Lanng, a former builder of [...]

Image by johnmuk via Flickr The announcement on 16 December by the board of the UK Payments Council that cheques are to be phased out by 2018 has heightened the need for secure replacement payment [...]

What are the odds that your digital identity will be stolen by cyber criminals? Why do bank payment systems crash when everybody is trying to pay for Christmas gifts by credit card? We all know [...]

Until the two parties have a more efficient way to connect (GPS? smartphone app? text message?), both will continue to spend way too much time fruitlessly hunting for each other.

If you sell anything online, whether physical goods or services, you’re probably keenly aware of the 2-3% (plus $0.30) lost through transactional fees every time someone makes a purchase with their credit card. This fee [...]