RT @AdvMerchantGrp: U.S. Card Producers Prepare To Crank Out EMV Cards in Big Numbers http://t.co/7tNk1aDKn4 #EMV #Payments Source: digitaltransactions.net

Two of the top challenges that financial institutions must face today include needs-based and multi-channel payments. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

MasterCard has appointed Michael Fiore as group executive of Global Prepaid Solutions, according to a company release. Fiore will lead the ongoing development and execution of the company’s global prepaid strategies in his new role. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

EMV cards are moving payments security in the right direction. But if hackers tamper with the hardware or associated software on merchants EMV-enabled equipment, they can silently spirit off customer data. Source: http://www.americanbanker.com

The PayPal Here card reader, PayPal’s hardware device that lets merchants accept credit and debit card payments through a dongle attached to their iOS or.. Source: techcrunch.com

In theory Silicon Valley loves failure as an opportunity to learn and grow, though in reality the world is sometimes far less forgiving when companies are going through that learning and growing phase. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

There’s plenty of differences between the mobile commerce market in the U.S. and the mobile ecosystem seen in China. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

The conventional wisdom that falling oil prices are a catalyst for increased consumer spending took a major hit yesterday (January 14) with the release of the U.S, retail sales number by the Commerce Department. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

On the heels of the recent barrage of payment card theft, banks are scrambling to roll out EMV based solutions, but is it enough? Source: http://www.paymentssource.com

Welcome to the monthly mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report sponsored by ROAM. In this report, we rank the players that we track, and score these players based on numbers and types of devices used, geographies where solutions are implemented, the… Source: http://www.pymnts.com