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Zooz, Alipay Partner To Give Merchants Worldwide Access To Chinese Consumers
September 17, 2014

U.S., European and Asian merchants wanting access to Chinese consumers and businesses now may enable customers in that country to pay using Alipay under a partnership payment-technology provider Zooz announced today with China’s popular online-payment service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

What FIs Are Doing Wrong in Detecting Fraud
September 17, 2014

News about recent cyber attacks, especially on some of the biggest FIs boasting “rock-solid” security, has been nothing short of unsettling. Revathi Subramanian, Senior Vice President, Data Science at CA Technologies, recently sat down with MPD CEO Karen Webster to talk about why these attacks...

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Taking a “High-Speed Elevator” to Retail’s Future
September 17, 2014

Retailers are dealing with a “tripod” situation, says Rahul Mutha, CEO of Aurus Inc. The challenges of addressing EMV, breaches and the changing demands of their customers create a complex environment for retailers to both understand and navigate. But this is something that Mutha and...

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FTC’s 5 Concerns About Mobile Financial Services
September 16, 2014

This past summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began soliciting comments on mobile financial-services use. It’s goal is to learn more about how technology is affecting consumer opportunities and challenges. In their comments to the bureau, FTC staff identified its five mobile concerns and what...

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U.S. Credit Card Debt Set To Reach Pre-Recession Levels
September 16, 2014

U.S. consumers racked up credit-card debt in Q2 twice as fast as at any time since the recession — and credit-card charge-off rates appear to be headed up too, according to new data from the Federal Reserve and FDIC included in a report by CardHub....

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iPhone 6 : Americans Are Sold, Singaporeans On Hold
September 16, 2014

Shoppers wanting one of the new iPhones may have to wait until October due to shortages.   Record-breaking first-day pre-order sales that topped 4 million units were logged, outstripping supply according to Apple. Reuters reported that this weeks pre-order numbers were roughly double the volume of sales...

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PEPPOL: EU’s ‘Rising Star’ In Government eProcurement
September 16, 2014

To get a glimpse of what the future of government procurement within the European Union will look like, one need look no further than PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement Online), which is at the heart of the region’s eProcurement strategy. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Scot Town Sees eInvoicing As A Cost-Saver
September 16, 2014

The city council in Aberdeen processes some 75,000 invoices each year from 147 registered suppliers. To help it process those invoices more effectively, the Scottish city next month will go live with its implementation of a cloud-based eInvoicing software system. Get the Full Story Complete...

Apple Pay | Winners, Losers And Question Marks
September 15, 2014

Regardless of Apple Pay’s long run success, we’ve all just witnessed an inflection point in payments – a point in time after which nothing will ever be the same. What happens over the next three to five years will likely decide the direction of payments...