From a consumer's perspective, the type of mobile payments technology is irrelevant, what matter are things like consumer experience and data security....
MasterPass, MasterCard's hugely inadequate in-app payment offering is entering an already-crowded sub-industry, which is dominated by direct carrier billing....
The NRF is madly in love with the safer EMV card technology and has been pushing for its adoption for many years. Oh, but they want someone else to pay for it....
Mobile payment adoption is surging, as are the fraud challenges faced by the merchants, financial institutions and consumers who are participating in them....
Many prepaid card users have access to other payment products like credit cards, but have nevertheless chosen prepaid and have made the right choice....