Financial Inclusion

Purse – Finally A Reason To Use Bitcoin?
December 05, 2014

Bitcoin, and all blockchain-based currency, doesn’t lack for ways to be interesting. Given that it’s a technological marvel, an unceasing font of interesting headlines about the players who trade in it and a thrill a minute roller coaster ride for investors, bitcoin is never boring....

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Of Amazon Purses And Breaking Barriers
December 05, 2014

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Financial Inclusion
The Five Ways Mobile Is Changing Commerce
December 05, 2014

Judging by the headlines, the Grinch descended from Mt. Crumpit on Black Friday and stole Christmas – or at least the shoppers that would make Christmas merry for the U.S, economy. A Google search of the term “Black Friday” on December 3rd pulled up “Who...

MasterCard Launches New Innovation Lab In East Africa
December 04, 2014

Across East Africa, millions are trapped in a cash economy, lacking financial services to help them fight risk, invest in their future and ultimately build better lives. There is an urgent need for the creation of commercially viable products and services for the unbanked and...

Cross-border Payments
What Do The God Particle, Yodeling and Knights Have To Do With The Future Of...
December 01, 2014

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Acquiring
Apple Pay, By The Day
November 27, 2014

Hard to believe it was just 30 days ago that Apple Pay officially launched and even harder to believe how different the ecosystem is today as opposed to what it was 31 days ago.  Some are firmly in the camp that Apple’s entrance into payments...

Financial Inclusion
Smartphone Explosion Means Mobile Payments Worldwide By 2020
November 27, 2014

By the year 2020, 90 percent of the world’s population over 6 years of age will have a mobile phone, making them candidates for mobile payments, according to the annual Mobility Report that Swedish networking giant Ericsson released this month.

Innovation Investment Tracker | November 16-23
November 26, 2014

A New Take On Commercial Lending Picks Up   Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

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Paying For Candy Crush And Taylor Swift’s Songs With Bitcoin
November 21, 2014

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