China Gives Its First Foreign E-Payment License
China Gives Its First Foreign E-Payment License
July 17, 2014  |  International

China has recently issued 250  new electronic payments licenses in five batches to various operations nationwide. But there is one stand-out award in the newest...

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Retail: Even Warren Buffet Finds It Baffling
Retail: Even Warren Buffet Finds It Baffling
July 17, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Retail, the one area where Warren Buffet describes his own track record as “awful,” “pretty bad” or “really bad,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Get...

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Blackberry Stock Plunges On News Of Apple/IBM Partnership
Blackberry Stock Plunges On News Of Apple/IBM Partnership
July 17, 2014  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Just when things were starting to look up for Blackberry, Apple has swooped in and  disrupted it … again. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Investors Bet $8.5M On Dynamic Pricing StartUp
Investors Bet $8.5M On Dynamic Pricing StartUp
July 17, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

Boomerang Commerce has announced it has raised $8.5 million in a Series A round  led by Madrona Venture Group and Trinity Ventures.  Since Boomerang never...

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BofA Card Business On The Uptick
BofA Card Business On The Uptick
July 17, 2014  |  Mobile Commerce

Retail spending among Bank of America’s debit and credit cardholders is on the rise this year, and the issuer’s credit cardholders are beginning to grow...

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Oracle Patches Eight Critical Security Flaws In Java
Oracle Patches Eight Critical Security Flaws In Java
July 17, 2014  |  News

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Funding Circle Grabs $65 M
Funding Circle Grabs $65 M
July 17, 2014  |  International

UK-based small business P2P lending platform Funding Circle is $65 million richer and is planning to use that money to expand more aggressively into the...

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Western Union Board Snags Former MasterCard CEO
Western Union Board Snags Former MasterCard CEO
July 17, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

Robert W. Selander has been appointed to Western Union’s board of directors, effective July 17, 2014.  He will additionally serve on the compensation, benefits and...

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