Cardfree and the Non-Square Approach to Mobile Payments
Whereas Square demands exclusivity, Cardfree allows merchants to accept mobile payments, even as they keep their existing pricing arrangements and hardware....
Squaring up Gift Cards
Square's new gift card program is designed in the company's characteristically eye-pleasing style and puts the processor even farther ahead of its rivals....
How M-Pesa Is Fighting off Banks in Kenya
Kenya's banks have been busy developing mobile money services to challenge M-Pesa, but the latter is unlikely to give up its dominant position anytime soon....
Americans Still Cautious with Their Credit Cards, Less so with Student Loans
The latest Federal Reserve data show that the U.S. consumer credit card debt total has increased in October, as has the overall level of indebtedness....
Prepaid Cards: Short-Lived, Underused and Increasingly Popular
The direct deposit feature is an extremely important factor in determining how long a prepaid card will remain active and how often it will be used....