Google Wallet has been around for years, but it had a rocky start as wireless carriers, retailers, and credit card vendors all limited its usefulness. Apple rolled out Apple Pay late last year and through 2015 we have seen Android Pay and Samsung Pay launch to some early success. We also just heard Apple Pay […]
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Your client isn’t paying up. Now what?
It’s a B2B company’s worst nightmare: your client is so slow to pay for your services/product, and you don’t know if you’ll ever see payment. Unpaid and overdue invoices are too often a reality in the B2B space, thanks to a client’s sloppiness or internal turmoil never communicated to others. Delta Inc., a Baltimore firm providing […]
Welcome to the weird world of ‘heartbeat payment’ technology
Imagine paying for your next purchase with a wristband that only works once it identified your unique heartbreat. This sci-fi scenario is being played out in Canada, where Royal Bank is working with Toronto-based technology developer Bionym to test a wristband called Nymi. The watch-like device is being given to 250 RBC staff and clients […]
PayPal officially allowing shops to accept Bitcoin
PayPal is officially entering the world of all-digital money. The payment processing company will start accepting payments from customers that are using Bitcoin. According to CNN, Bitcoin is “an independent, government-less currency,” whereas PayPal is owned by eBay and works with merchants. As of today, PayPal completed a deal with the payment-processing companies inclusive with […]