In other words, PayPal is all in.
Last week I bought 13 laptops from WalMart.com. There were only two problems: I didn't buy them, and they weren't being shipped to my house. I'd been hacked.
Foursquare has teamed up with Visa and Mastercard to expand its check-in deals service that lets users earn better specials by using their credit cards.
Guest Post Today’s gamers have an unprecedented range of platforms, payment options and preferences to choose from, and there is little doubt that the digital goods economy will continue to grow.
The good news, if you're PayPal, is that almost three quarters of Americans know about you and your digital wallet solution. The bad news is that under half of them really understand what a digital wallet is.
Hacktivist Christopher Weatherhead was convicted today of "conspiracy to impair" the operations of a number of payments companies in 2010.
Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds is going everywhere, including the prepaid-debit-card market.
Google Wallet, which just recently made big changes to support Visa, American Express, and Discover cards, is now apparently making even bigger changes. As in, back to the future changes.
In part two of our discussion on the transition to digital gaming, our Login panelists ponder how quickly the changes to all-digital will come.
Technology matters, but so does chronology. Disruption is happening in games, but at what pace?
WikiLeaks announced today that it is “back open for donations.”
The nonprofit organization is running a screen play past Visa and MasterCard, which have been blocking funds for the foundation, and will now be able to take donations through the …
Today wasn’t the best day for Nokia to announce a new device, given the company’s lowered Q1 expectations, but maybe the new Lumia 610 will help distract press from the company’s dire financial situation.
After being rumored for some time, …
Credit card processor Global Payments released a statement yesterday, admitting that its systems have been compromised. The announcement came after reports surfaced that thousands of credit card accounts had been breached through its machines.
Last week, security researcher Brian Krebbs, …
Cyber-criminals have stolen Visa and Mastercard credit-card data by hacking into payment processors in New York City parking garages. Visa confirmed that the data — enough to create counterfeit cards — was stolen, and both companies are doing damage control …
Consumer spending on virtual goods has doubled since 2009, according to a survey by Visa’s PlaySpan digital monetization division. And the total U.S. market value for virtual goods grew 28 percent to $2.3 billion in 2011.
PlaySpan and the survey …
Visa has led a $40 million investment round in TrialPay, one of the leaders in alternative payments known as offers.
Mountain View, Calif.-based TrialPay will use the money to expand into new markets and innovate in “transactional advertising.” TrialPay’s business …
Facebook is soon to have 14 percent of the world’s population all to itself. A new study says the social network will hit one billion users this year.
Gregory Lyons, a senior analyst at digital marketing firm iCrossing, ran the …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently uncovered an attack on its systems, and fingers are pointing toward China.
The Chamber represents over three million US businesses, 96 percent of which are small businesses with 100 employees or less. The agency, …
Mobile payments are on the rise, but what about when a small merchant needs to make a payment? Intuit is releasing its own debit card, tethered to its mobile payments service GoPayment to help business owners keep the cash organized.…
Mobile rewards startup Shopkick has partnered with credit giant Visa to incentivize purchases made within a brick and mortar retail store, the companies announced today.
Customers who shop at a handful of partnering stores now have the ability to accumulate …
