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Innovation Investment Tracker | November 16-23
November 26, 2014

A New Take On Commercial Lending Picks Up     In the wake of the financial meltdown and resulting credit crackdown lending slowed, and in some cases ground to a screeching halt.  Among the hardest hit were small business.  The Small Business Administration  reports that...

PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker | November 8-15
November 19, 2014

Click here to see this week’s breakdown of investments   Will Long Distance Travel Be The Next Ridesharing Victory? There’s nothing like being home for the holidays, or so the song says anyway. And given the 46 million or so travelers AAA predicts will be...

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 44
October 10, 2014

The big bitcoin crash of 2014. That was last weekend and this week. Economist David Evans wrote a piece that put it in context. After 6 years, Bitcoin transactions remain flat, flat, flat. No other payments innovation on the face of the earth would continue...

Investments in Retail Payments Rocks October
October 08, 2014

$130M in financial activity. Included an array of investment types – VC funding, private placements, etc. Of that total, almost all was driven by strategic or venture –backed investments. Deem ran with the leading investment. A round for the San Francisco based company, was $30...

The Incredible Shrinking Digital Currency
October 03, 2014

Bitcoin is now just a big game of how low can you go with prices down to $374.67 from $410. PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index. When looking at the bitcoin trading this week, unless one is truly risky, traders are advised to refrain from shorting the...

The Basement Drops Another Floor
September 26, 2014

Just a few weeks ago we thought that a $500 bitcoin floor was the bottom of the barrel, but bitcoin has dipped even further, reaching a new low, down in the 400’s. This week bitcoin took a long fall down to $410.61 from $450.68.

Tracker Series
MPOS Tracker® January 2015
September 26, 2014

August 2014 While omnichannel remains an important focus of most retailers, most merchants say they lack the capabilities to support it. Yet most have plans to implement mPOS by 2016. Why? Because they view it as an enabler to the biggest merchant initiative of this...

Apple Emerges, Bitcoin Price Erodes And Scotland Rejects Bitcoin (And Freedom)
September 19, 2014

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 41     The launch of Apple Pay really has seemed to tamp down the buzz over bitcoin. That’s in spite of Cameron Winkelvoss’comment that he doesn’t see it as a threat because they are not comparable. Yep, he’s sure right about that. ...

Can An Apple (Pay) A Day Keep The Bitcoins Away?
September 12, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Follow 303 Cryptocurrencies here: http://coinmarketcap.com/ . Bitcoin Tracker | Week 40     Apple Pay is here and will it kill bitcoin? Well, maybe a bit coincidental but bitcoin prices fell to $474.21 from $486.93 on the news, according to the...