China Cuts Small Business Loan Rates
China Cuts Small Business Loan Rates
November 23, 2015  |  International

China’s central bank cut rates last week on a short-term lending facility that is traditionally used to provide liquidity to commercial (usually small) business lenders,...

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MasterCard’s Apple Pay Boost
MasterCard’s Apple Pay Boost
November 23, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

Uber and Lyft have proven that something as simple as a car in motion can be a powerful vehicle for commerce on the go. It’s...

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China Shuts Down $64B Illegal Transaction Operation
China Shuts Down $64B Illegal Transaction Operation
November 23, 2015  |  International

Late last week China confirmed it cracked down on an “underground bank” that was responsible for moving nearly 410 billion yuan ($64 billion) in illegal...

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Google May Launch Google Play App Store In China
Google May Launch Google Play App Store In China
November 23, 2015  |  International

Five years after withdrawing itself, Google is now working on reestablishing its presence in the Chinese market with the launch of the Google Play app...

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Apple Releases Video On How To Use Apple Pay
Apple Releases Video On How To Use Apple Pay
November 23, 2015  |  News

The age of the high-powered salesman has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that consumers need their hands held when they experience new technology,...

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JC Penney’s Retail Reinvention
JC Penney’s Retail Reinvention
November 23, 2015  |  News

The last time the JC Penney brand talked about reinvention, things didn’t end up so well. But the last several months, the 103-year-old chain has...

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Groupon ‘Like Morphine’ According To Founder
Groupon ‘Like Morphine’ According To Founder
November 23, 2015  |  News

How fast do consumers’ appetites for flavor of the week-like apps change? More importantly, how fast do executives’ opinions of their own companies change after...

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Amex Struggles, Mobile Pay Sputters, Amazon Scores
Amex Struggles, Mobile Pay Sputters, Amazon Scores
November 23, 2015  |  In Depth

Market watchers, tech enthusiasts and payments passionistas alike are scientifically incapable of being unaware of Square’s IPO last week. After what can only be described...

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