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Financial Inclusion
Richard Branson and Max Levchin’s Latest Payments’ Investment
May 21, 2014

It’s been a good ten months for Crowdfunding start-up Indiegogo. Following a very successful $40 million Series B funding round in January 2014, the company is following up quickly with a “celebrity” fundraising round which has tapped the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Megan Smith...

International
How Is New Zealand’s Bitcoin Grocery Doing?
May 21, 2014

Hungry Kiwis with bitcoins to burn are now in luck—there now exists in New Zealand a bitcoin only grocery story: Bitmart. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Acquiring
What Is The True Value Of A Receipt?
May 21, 2014

Square talked about the value of a receipt in January at the NRF. Today, oodles of merchants and ATM deployers are convinced that receipts are the new “white space” to communicate with and up sell their customers. But which serves the purpose better - paper...

Mobile Commerce
InComm’s Mobile Wallet Platform
May 21, 2014

Prepaid card specialist Incomm has announced the launch of its new mobile platform for mobile wallet providers and merchants. 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...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal’s Commitment To The Middle East
May 21, 2014

PayPal launched in the Middle East in 2012 with great expectations of bringing their unique brand of payments innovation to the ever growing community of Arab potential users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Acquiring
NoWait Raises $10 Million In Series B Funding
May 21, 2014

NoWait – a mobile wait listing service that allows app users to view list of nearby restaurants, check wait times and distances and allows them to join wait lists from a mobile phone – has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The round was...

B2B Payments
The Cost Of Accepting Cash
May 21, 2014

Despite the movement to electronics payments and alternative currencies and a shift in the digital age, companies still need to accept cash, but it actually comes at a cost. With governments and businesses realizing the true costs of cash, will there be a greater switch...

Acquiring
U.S.-based fleet management firm Acquired by Micronet
May 20, 2014

Israel-based supplier of ruggedized mobile data terminals Micronet has completed an agreement to acquire the mobile resource management/fleet management division of Beijer Electronics. Micronet will buy all related intellectual property, product rights, customer base, sales and marketing network, and technical support, as well as production facilities. With...

B2B Payments
6Sense Comes Out Of Stealth With $12 Million In First Round Funding
May 20, 2014

6Sense wants to help sales forces more effectively predict their leads, specifically the company hopes to offer the kind of predictive lead scoring that will allow a salesforce to determine what types of leads are the most likely to buy. That doesn’t make them terribly...