Digital Banking Lags In The U.K.
Digital Banking Lags In The U.K.
July 15, 2014  |  News

Digital banking has been slower to ignite in the U.K. than originally predicted, according to a survey from Accenture.  Despite the fact that British banks...

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EBT Helping Make Cutting U.S. Food-Benefit Fraud A SNAP
EBT Helping Make Cutting U.S. Food-Benefit Fraud A SNAP
July 14, 2014  |  B2B Payments

improvements in the performance of food-benefit distribution through the agency’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Trafficking fraud is at a record low, assisted greatly from electronic...

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Pricing Pitfalls And The Professional Buyer
Pricing Pitfalls And The Professional Buyer
July 14, 2014  |  B2B Payments

According to a recent study by Oracle, 60 percent of B2B online buyers name pricing complexity as their main business challenge. Regular consumers expect to...

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Will Picasso’s Supplant Pez Dispensers Now that Sotheby’s Has Partnered With eBay?
Will Picasso’s Supplant Pez Dispensers Now that Sotheby’s Has Partnered With eBay?
July 14, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

Sotheby’s and eBay are partnering up to bring a taste of high-end, big ticket auctions to the auction website that built its reputation on the...

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Does The US Really Trail The Rest Of The World In Payments Innovation?
Does The US Really Trail The Rest Of The World In Payments Innovation?
July 14, 2014  |  Commentary

Financial Times columnist John Gapper got a check for a dollar in the mail which prompted him to write a piece that more or less...

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June Investors Say “Yes” To Data And Security and “Meh” To mWallets and POS
June Investors Say “Yes” To Data And Security and “Meh” To mWallets and POS
July 14, 2014  |  Cool

In another PYMNTS first, we’re going to bring you weekly scoop on ALL of the investments in the payments space – VC funding, strategic investments,...

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Paperless Debit Used To Lure Millennials
Paperless Debit Used To Lure Millennials
July 14, 2014  |  News

Fighting the trend that has seen millennial consumers—those aged 18 to 34—increasingly pulled away from traditional banking channels in favor of all digital methods of...

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Discover Serves As A DOJ Ally In Amex Trial
Discover Serves As A DOJ Ally In Amex Trial
July 14, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Times have changed since Discover and American Express both helped the U.S. Justice Department prove its case that Visa and MasterCard exerted too much competitive...

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Alibaba Tells All About Alipay Ownership
Alibaba Tells All About Alipay Ownership
July 14, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

In their latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission clarifying the Chinese e-retailers forthcoming U.S. IPO, chairman Jack Ma more fully explained the circumstances...

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