Why Starbucks Is Launching Stars, a Currency Based on — You Guessed It — Coffee
Yesterday, Starbucks introduced Stars, a coffee-based currency that will work outside its stores, and mobile payment volume of 20%. Just another...
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In Spending Mode, Discover’s Direct Bank Expenses Climb 18%
Discover Financial Services might be the major FI most engaged in spending on information technology today. Which is why it...
CurrencyTransfer.com Prepares Major Funding Round
CurrencyTransfer.com, a currency exchange marketplace for businesses, is preparing a major funding round from institutional investors later this year, the...
Cap One CEO: Digital Is the Centerpiece of Our Agenda
It's become a quarterly ritual: Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank eloquently speaking to the importance of digital banking. We're not...
Top 20 Finance Apps: Apple Watch Bill Pay Climbs in Ranking
While there was some movement in the rankings this week, and an exciting newcomer joined the mix, most apps held...
MasterCard’s Embrace of APIs Leads It to Smaller Clients
MasterCard Inc. has confirmed what many suspected: that is application programming interface, or API, offerings are leading to a larger population...
Capital One Rolls Out Ads Explaining EMV [VIDEO]
Capital One is the latest big bank to produce a video explaining chip cards, also known as EMV cards (it...
Apple Pay to Hit 1.5 Million Locations by Yearend
Soon, there will be 1.5 million chances for you to bump into Apple Pay. That's because Apple Pay is expected to...
3 Startups to Watch: FrankMoney, Text a Loan, TravelersBox
This week's Startups to Watch help solve three consumer problems: seeing how donations get used, getting loans fast, and ditching pesky...
Synchrony Is First to Give Out Apple Pay Transaction Data
Synchrony Financial, the nation's largest provider of private-label lending programs, will start providing its clients with deep Apple Pay transaction...
