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B2B Payments
The Price To Help Companies Keep Workers Happy: $4.5 Million
June 25, 2014

Startup AnyPerk this week announced $3 million in additional funding, bringing its total funding to $4.5 million. Investors are seeing a growing business need for companies to keep their employees happy, and see the “perks” AnyPerk offers such as movie discounts and babysitting services as...

B2B Payments
Are Primary Care Practices Ready To Ditch Insurance Companies?
June 24, 2014

Healthcare payments make sense to almost no one—a highly regulated and mediated system that sends money or promises for future money through so many hands and systems that every attempt at making them more clear, somehow makes them more complex and thus more opaque. Primary...

Company Spotlight
What Drove Consumer Spending in May?
June 24, 2014

April showers bring May flowers … and consumer spending, as it turns out. MasterCard SVP Sarah Quinlan tells MPD CEO Karen Webster that spending by consumers remains strong, fueled by travel and increased spend in a retail category that may surprise you. Listen in to...

CEO Series
How to Deliver Payments as a Platform
June 24, 2014

Take a cloud-based credit card vault, bring it to 71 countries, and integrate it with 29 payment gateways. What do you get? Spreedly. Last year, we spoke with the company’s CEO Justin Benson to get the scoop on what Spreedly brings to the table –...

Exclusive Series
Mobile EMV and NFC: Going Beyond the Checkout Experience
June 24, 2014

EMV. It’s the three-letter word that could completely redefine the checkout experience, especially as it relates to mobile payments. While it may be clear to most how EMV will better secure card-present transactions, how will it come into play with contactless mobile transactions?

Mobile Commerce
Suncorp Bank Pushed to QR Codes By Apple
June 24, 2014

Suncorp Bank has officially launched a new feature for its mobile banking app for iOS and Android phones—QuickShare. The add-on allows users to transmit account details through SMS or QR codes, allowing payments to both other Suncorp customers or patrons of the wider banking world. Get the...

News
New Hot Bed Of Card Fraud Activity? The Car Wash
June 24, 2014

Outside of the television program Breaking Bad, car washes are almost never threatening or frightening things, and are certainly not the kind of places most consumers tend worry about when it comes to credit card fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

B2B Payments
Procurement Outsourcing Market Set To Improve
June 24, 2014

According to research from the Everest Group, the procurement outsourcing market had a 12 percent year-on-year growth in 2013, and is expected to grow between 10 and 12 percent this year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

B2B Payments
Basware Inks New E-Invoicing Deal
June 24, 2014

Basware Corporation announced earlier this week that it had signed an e-invoicing agreement with an interior renovations provider that is located in North America. While the release did not specify the customer, it did say that the agreement includes all inbound e-invoicing services, as well...