In Depth

B2B The eBay Way
July 27, 2015

As B2B continues to evolve beyond old legacy hardware and toward fuller service offerings, PYYMNTs caught up with Craig Hayman, president of eBay Enterprise. As Hayman points out, B2B doesn’t have to be boring – and he explains how the industry is becoming a dynamic...

Controversial
Will CurrentC Succeed? Here’s How We’ll Know
July 27, 2015

Bloomberg ran a story late Friday announcing the imminent launch of CurrentC, the merchant-owned and operated mobile payments scheme. Oh, you missed it? Maybe that was the point of releasing the news on a Friday in the summer. MPD CEO Karen Webster didn’t and offers...

Cool
Starbucks Is Thrilled, Visa’s Going (More) Global And First Data’s Going Public
July 27, 2015

Earnings season is upon us. 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, you agree to receive...

The Clash Of The Retail Titans
July 25, 2015

As of Thursday, Amazon is now the biggest retailer in the world by market cap, unseating the place at the top of that list that Walmart held for decades. So, how’d that happen and what does it mean for Walmart – and Amazon? Before you...

Behind The Secret Doors Of MasterCard’s DigiSec Lab
July 24, 2015

MasterCard announced this week that it has opened the doors to its digital security facility for consumer viewing. 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...

B2B Payments
B2B Investment Tracker, July 17-24
July 24, 2015

B2B investment came roaring back this week, with multimillion-dollar investments landing in several markets, and financing concentrated in North America and Asia. Small business finance and B2B eCommerce secured significant attention from venture capitalists, but it was a single European deal in the fleet management...

B2B Payments
Capify Sets A New Precedent For Alternative Lending
July 24, 2015

If you hadn’t heard the Capify name before this week, it’s likely because it wasn’t technically a company yet. But with the news that four small business alternative lenders operating in four different nations all joined under the Capify name, you surely know the brand...

Wanna Know How Many Apple Pay Users There Are?
July 24, 2015

Wanna know how many Apple Pay users there are? Of course you do. And we did the math. Tim Cook dropped a few breadcrumbs that we picked up before strapping on our green eyeshades and heading to the math cave to crunch some numbers. So,...

Underground Bitcoin Exchange Busted And The ‘Ebola’ of Banking
July 24, 2015

It seems like every time bitcoin takes a step forward in shaking off its somewhat nefarious roots, someone pops up to ruin it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...