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Visa Unveils Major Digital Moves
July 25, 2014

Now we know. Visa plans to be as dominant in the digital world as it is in the physical card world today. Charlie Scharf, Visa’s CEO, laid out Visa Digital Solutions, to the world during yesterday’s quarterly earnings call also acknowledging that Visa needs to...

Alternative Credit
eCommerce Sites Continue To Make B2B Push
July 25, 2014

Sure, most people know they can turn to Amazon or eBay for their online shopping needs, but how many company owners turn to those sites for their business needs? Surprisingly, more than one might think. With reports showing that the B2B online marketplace is growing,...

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Competing With The Big Boys In X-Border
July 25, 2014

How quaint. No voicemail and guaranteeing calls get answered within three rings. Hear why Jonathan Quin, CEO of UK-based World First thinks that competing with the big boys in the B2B cross border market means taking a page out of a playbook that is decades...

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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 33
July 25, 2014

The Winklevii launched WinkDex, NASCAR’s Alex Bowman wants to bring a Bitcoin sponsored car to the circuit and NY says get permission or get out. Just another week in the life of Bitcoin (who has a new competitor too).

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Smartphone Magnetism: Visa Invests In Loop
July 24, 2014

The mobile payments market just got rocked, as LoopPay announced it secured an investment from Visa. What does a card network that has invested tons in NFC and EMV want with a mobile payments solution that leverages mag stripe technology? Well, providing their issuers and...

Cybersecurity
eDNA: The New Online Identifier?
July 24, 2014

How consumers interact with computers while online says a lot about them. So much so that a British company believes it can use individuals’ so-called eDNA to market products that can alleviate the need for sites to require usernames and passwords. But what will consumers...

Alternative Credit
Where Flexibility Can Help, And Hinder, B2B ACH Growth
July 24, 2014

NACHA, which oversees the nation’s automated clearinghouse system, has made great strides in recent years to help companies facilitate ACH B2B payments. This progress has helped especially large companies to take a lot of paper out of the remittance process. As NACHA’s Jan Estep noted...

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What’s An Omnichannel Acquirer Look Like?
July 24, 2014

Most large merchants have visions of omnichannel dancing thru their heads, but having to manage multiple acquirer relationships makes that tough. A European startup called Zooz has solved that problem for merchants in Europe and is now headed to the US. What’s their formula for...

B2B Payments
How Mexico’s eInvoicing Skyrocketed 300 Percent
July 24, 2014

The push for businesses and governments to “go digital” is stronger than ever. But how many entities can boast that their electronic invoicing adoption improved by 300 percent in just six months? The odds are, very few. Mexico, however, can proudly make that statement. But...