Post SEPA, Euro Board To Focus On Innovative Mobile Payments
Post SEPA, Euro Board To Focus On Innovative Mobile Payments
May 27, 2014  |  Europe

The newly convened Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) is getting ready to create to working groups. The group’s area of study will be the role...

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Patent-Troll Protections Gaining Momentum
Patent-Troll Protections Gaining Momentum
May 27, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on May 22 held a hearing to discuss a bill it introduced that day that would enhance state and...

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Overstock CEO’s Angry Response on Taking Bitcoin
Overstock CEO’s Angry Response on Taking Bitcoin
May 27, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

It looks like I poked the hornets’ nest and awakened the slumbering bear at the same time with my article last Friday about Overstock not...

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The Kimye Wedding Tab – Just Because We Knew You Wanted To Know
The Kimye Wedding Tab – Just Because We Knew You Wanted To Know
May 27, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

And because we knew you couldn’t live without this tidbit of payments news, the total tab for the Kimye Wedding this past weekend was …...

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Grocery Stores Immune To eCommerce Threat
Grocery Stores Immune To eCommerce Threat
May 27, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

As many portend the death of physical retail  in some categories bricks will dominate clicks for years to come, so says a recent study by...

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Skrill To Launch In Russia
Skrill To Launch In Russia
May 27, 2014  |  Europe

Skrill, a European e-wallet provider with 35 million users and Yandex.Money, the largest electronic payment system in Russia with 13 million users, signed a partnership...

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Alternative Payments To Power 50 Percent of World’s eCom Sales in 2020
Alternative Payments To Power 50 Percent of World’s eCom Sales in 2020
May 27, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

A new report suggests that alternative payment methods will drive 50% of B2C ecommerce payments. yStats.com reports PayPal, Amazon and Google Wallet are fueling this...

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Report Reveals Evidence Of Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
Report Reveals Evidence Of Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
May 26, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Something called Willy Report surfaced on Sunday suggesting that the spike in bitcoin price last year from $200 to $1200 was the result of bots...

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Is Apple Ready to Feather Its Own “Nest?”
Is Apple Ready to Feather Its Own “Nest?”
May 26, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

In an effort to blunt Google’s foray into the smart home as a result of its recent acquisition of Nest, it is widely expected that...

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