Former NBA Player Fakes An EasyPay Purchase To Steal $14K
Former NBA Player Fakes An EasyPay Purchase To Steal $14K
September 22, 2014  |  News

Former NBA player Rex Chapman learned the hard way that sometimes a career change into criminality is more difficult than the television show Breaking Bad...

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Green Dot Buys Tax-Refund Biz
Green Dot Buys Tax-Refund Biz
September 22, 2014  |  News

Next year, Green Dot’s contract with Walmart expires, a troubling detail for the prepaid card company considering that for much of its fifteen year existence,...

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Could Apple Watch Drive Major Banking Changes?
Could Apple Watch Drive Major Banking Changes?
September 22, 2014  |  Merchant Innovation

Who wants a wearable?  So far the answer to that questions has been “almost no one,” as smart watches have failed to gain traction in...

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Europe’s Fertile Fuel Card Hunting Ground
Europe’s Fertile Fuel Card Hunting Ground
September 22, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Some 20 to 30 years ago, every U.S. oil company ran its own in-house fuel card operation. Today, most outsource those operations. That trend has...

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Kmart Launches Free Layaway Program
Kmart Launches Free Layaway Program
September 22, 2014  |  Cool

Layaway, which was all but dead a decade ago, is increasingly the competitive weapon of choice for discount retailers. Kmart is wrapping up a no-down-payment...

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Neiman Marcus Buys Luxury e-Tailer
Neiman Marcus Buys Luxury e-Tailer
September 22, 2014  |  News

The Dallas-based high-end Neiman Marcus chain has paid about €150 million to take over Germany E-Commerce site MYTheresa.com, along with the E-Commerce operation’s flagship store...

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Did Home Depot Ignore Security Warnings?
Did Home Depot Ignore Security Warnings?
September 22, 2014  |  News

Did Home Depot’s IT operation ignore—for years—internal warnings that it’s security was inadequate? A New York Times report, quoting various former employees of the home...

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Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
Smile! MasterCard Toys With Mobile Facial Recognition For Payments
September 22, 2014  |  Innovation

MasterCard is labeling “successful” a biometrics payments trial (facial plus voice) where more than 14,000 transactions were confirmed in a closed iOS and Android pilot...

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Visa Dials Back On Monitise
Visa Dials Back On Monitise
September 22, 2014  |  Mobile

Startups today have found bank loans to help get them get off the ground have all but dried up. So many now turn to other...

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