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PYMNTS Talks Back (About Bitcoin Debit Cards, Google and Seinfeld)
July 12, 2014

What's a bitcoin debit card supposed to do for anyone? What does Google know about same day delivery that the rest of the market doesn't? And what makes Seinfeld so relevant to payments? Just a few of the hot topics in payments that we covered...

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Innovation Investment Tracker | Week of July 11
July 11, 2014

Retail payments dominate this week, and data analytics and security, in particular, seemed to tickle the fancy of investors. 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...

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How Device Intelligence Can Cut Mobile Commerce Fraud
July 11, 2014

Android devices have a bigger market share overall in the smartphone market, but a way bigger fraud problem too – three times as much as Apple does, in fact. That will surely hit merchants doing business with consumers via mobile right where it hurts. That’s...

B2B Payments
Cadooz To Distribute B2B Gift Cards For Spotify
July 11, 2014

Cadooz—a provider of vouchers, rewards and incentives based in Germany announced yesterday that going forward it will be the distributor of gift cards and voucher codes for music streaming service Spotify’s B2B service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

B2B Payments
Boeing Joins Southeast Asian Fleet Partnership
July 11, 2014

Boeing will enter a Singapore-based joint venture with SIA Engineering to provide fleet management services to airlines in the Asia and Asia-Pacific regions. Boeing will be the majority partner in this holding with a 51 percent stake in the new company, while SIA Engineering, a...

B2B Payments
WEX and PriceAdvantage Collaborate To Help Gas Station Managers Lower Fuel Cost
July 11, 2014

Fleet solutions leader WEX has announced the integration of its WEX Fuel Management TelaPoint solution and PriceAdvantage. The new pairing will allow for real-time inventory and sales information to be gathered, so that purchases can be made optimally. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
AMEX T0 Hand Out 120 SMB Grants
July 11, 2014

120 small business owners in Australia who accept AmEx will be getting a boost from American Express in the form of a $5,000 grant.  Starting last month and running through November, the company will hand out 20 grants per month to qualified businesses, in the...

B2B Payments
Why One Size Never Fits All in B2B Payments
July 11, 2014

“Using a P-card in accounts payable is like using a screwdriver to hammer a nail,” says NVoicePay CEO Karla Friede. “You can get it done, but it’s not very effective.” So, what’s better? In a recent digital discussion hosted by PYMNTS.com, NVoicePay CEO Karla Friede...

B2B Payments
Boosts In Metal Sales Drive May’s Wholesale Gains
July 11, 2014

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...