Remember 30 years ago when Apple ran a Super Bowl ad that likened IBM to “Big Brother”? As it turns out, time does heal all wounds, as Apple and IBM have buried the feuds of the past to collaborate on creating over 100 new business-centered...
We all know it, or at least we should, that cybercrooks target the areas of least resistance, and they’re very good at finding them. As it turns out, easy to access hotel business centers are providing data thieves a rich opportunity to capture previous users...
Times have changed since Discover and American Express both helped the U.S. Justice Department prove its case that Visa and MasterCard exerted too much competitive influence in the card market by preventing banks from issuing cards carrying their brand marks. Now Discover has turned against...
U.S. wholesalers in May continued to experience boosts in sales and inventories. Year-over-year gains were experienced in essentially all sectors, though miscellaneous durable and nondurable products experienced declines, new U.S. Census Bureau data show. Metal and mineral sales and inventories drove gains over April, which...
New Nielsen research suggests consumers max out at 26 or so apps a month – which means commerce and payments apps have to be amazingly compelling to pry eyeballs from games and other software. Other than hiring George Clooney or Kate Upton as apps spokespeople,...
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) - worries that the U.S. banking system is dangerously vulnerable to acts of cyber-warfare that could fundamentally damage the entire economy. To head off the threat, the organization wants to see banking executives, federal officials and security...
Moving B2B payments processes away from paper checks to electronic payments can take a variety of forms. One method marketed by major bankcard brands is the virtual card. However, healthcare providers aren’t so enamored with products that one provider says boosted its card-acceptance costs by...
International trade in goods and services for May showed the U.S. deficit dropping as exports outpaced imports for both the month and year over year, government data show. Goods categories leading the rise in exports included automotive and consumer products as well as industrial supplies...
While celebrations rage across the nation, U.S. will spend the day celebrating all things citizens will spend the day paying homage all things American—from our form of government, will to conquest the west, spirit of independence and total willingness to eat any food in fried...
