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Report That E-Commerce Firm Fab.com Has Put Itself On The Market
August 08, 2014

Home design e-tailer Fab.com is in talks to be acquired, according to comments its CEO made to Forbes.com. 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...

B2B Payments
Intuit Buys Payroll Specialist PaySuite
August 08, 2014

Given key geographic differences in payroll rules, Intuit has purchased U.K.-based payroll specialist PaySuite, to complete it’s integration into QuickBooks Online. The two firms had been partnering with months. This move is similar to Intuit’s purchase back in May of Invitco, a cloud-based bookkeeping operation...

Why Barnes & Noble Joined Forces With Google
August 08, 2014

Barnes & Noble has partnered with Google to trial same-delivery services in three markets: New York City; West Los Angeles; and San Francisco. The question is how many customers of the struggling bookseller will want a book so badly—and so often—that they would be willing...

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Visa To Help Gas Stations Crack Down On Fraud
August 08, 2014

Visa wants to help fuel dealers combat fraud at self-service fuel pumps through the power of analytics data. With Visa Transaction Advisor (VTA), merchants can access risk scores in realtime and identify those that may be coming care of stolen, lost or counterfeit cards.  According...

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Facebook Buys Web Security Firm PrivateCore
August 08, 2014

In what some are taking as yet another sign that Facebook is preparing to make a big e-commerce push, Facebook has announced it has acquired Palo Alto-based secure server tech company PrivateCore, a Palo Alto-based secure server technology company. Facebook plans to incorporate PrivateCore’s technology...

Cool
A Tale of Two Fraud Stats
August 08, 2014

As PYMNTS.comreported recently, the Federal Reserve for the first time in its triennial payments study collected data related to payments fraud. It recently published the full report, a 192-page document loaded with data. What the discussion on fraud in the full report suggests is: Why...

Alternative Finances
If Cash Is Dead, Then Why Are So Many People Using It?
August 08, 2014

Payment systems globally for decades have been on a constant path in transforming traditional paper-based transactions into electronic ones, with payment cards as one of the chief drivers. More recently, mobile-based payments have done the job in less-developed countries, particularly in Africa. Get the Full...

Company Spotlight
TSYS: How Card Issuers Can Address Consumer Security Concerns
August 08, 2014

TSYS published a white paper yesterday titled "Opportunity Knocks: How Card Issuers Can Address Consumers' Concerns Around Payment Security," following the results of the 2014 TSYS Consumer Awareness Data Security Study, according to a company release. The report examines how consumers' sentiments are changing around...

B2B Payments
Study: Reverse factoring could handle 25 percent of trade finance
August 08, 2014

Reverse factoring could potentially provide between $255 billion to $280 billion of cross-border trade financing, or 20 to 25 percent of an industry’s accounts payable. That’s according to a new study from the UK’s Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Get the Full Story Complete...