Olivia Chow When it comes to day-to-day domestic transactions, America is moving towards a cashless economy. Recent research conducted by finder.com found that digital wallets are the preferred method for transferring money for 57% of . . .
Newer technology is on the horizon, but we must first overcome the current obstacles to reach more mainstream adoption. By Inside UL Mobile payments have gained traction over the past few years, but adoption is . . .
At ETA’s Strategic Leadership Forum, payments’ premiere annual executive gathering, attendees received first-access to the latest industry insights, including a breakdown of payments-centric economic data and the new ETA PayFacs Guidelines. In partnership with The . . .
EyeVerify, a technology company launched in 2012 has successfully navigated acquisition by China’s Ant Financial, a member of the Alibaba Group of financial service providers. The deal, reportedly closing at around $100 million dollars, can . . .
Japanese Bitcoin service firm Coincheck Denki (Electric) has announced a new service enabling residents of central Japan to pay their electricity bills using the buzz-worthy crypto-currency Bitcoin. Beginning this November, the users employing Bitcoin for . . .
In the latest collaboration between payments companies and technology companies, ETA members Intel and PayPal are partnering with Lenovo and Synaptics to replace the need for on-line passwords with fingerprint identification. This biometric payments security . . .
Josephine Rossi As the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce, James P. Moore oversaw programming for U.S. privatization assistance to the Soviet Union during the Perestroika period and negotiated trade and economic agreements for the . . .
As more and more consumers embrace the Internet of Things (IoT), payments transactions are becoming quicker and easier for would-be buyers. IoT devices—those with embedded and networked sensors that are able to transmit information and . . .
The boom in biometrics is here. Biometric authentication adoption is expected to accelerate by 103% by 2020, according to market research company Technavio. Analyzing biometrics across various authentication methodologies, the report breaks down and predicts . . .
