Today In Payments

Amex restaurant reservation app woos millennials; Ripple's XRP value spikes

SoftBank builds blockchain mobile payments Proof of Concept; Cybercriminals harass FIs 81M times in 2018 so far

Blockchain startup Chain acquired by Lightyear; Apple to debut slew of new devices

Goldman says bank still looking at how to offer Bitcoin access; PayPal surpasses 250 million active accounts

Facebook is losing luster with some of its customers; Goldman bails on crypto trades

Uber Cash launches; Instagram working on shopping app

Amazon Alexa hits 20,000 devices; Funding Circle to IPO, raise $387.4M

Google paid to access Mastercard purchase data; IBM launches blockchain payments network

Chip cards reduce counterfeit fraud at U.S. merchants by 75 percent; Dunkin' Donuts announces support for Alexa Voice Ordering