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Heartbleed Attack Undetectable on Old Android Devices
May 02, 2014

According to reports, old versions of Android are still vulnerable to the bug.

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Facebook Stock Jumps After Announcing Mobile Ad Network
May 01, 2014

After starting the day at a deficit, Facebook picked up momentum after announcing several new products at its f8 developer conference, including the Mobile Ad Network.

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MasterCard Reports 10% Rise In Worldwide Purchase Volume
May 01, 2014

MasterCard Inc. this morning reported a 10% increase in worldwide first-quarter purchase volume, to $759 billion from $690 billion a year earlier, as the number of MasterCard- and Maestro-branded cards jumped over the 2 billion mark. Gross dollar value of MasterCard sales reached $1.05 trillion,...

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TSYS Ties Helping ProPay Procure More Business
May 01, 2014

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Qualcomm to Spin Off Gimbal Unit
May 01, 2014

Just a few months after kicking off the sale of its Apple iBeacon competitor Gimbal, parent company Qualcomm has decided to spin the bluetooth technology company off into a stand-alone business that will be known as Gimbal from May 2014 onward. Get the Full Story...

International
Will Alibaba Reclaim Its Stake In Alipay?
May 01, 2014

After spinning the payments wing of the company, Alipay, off in 2011 to more successfully navigate regulatory issues within the Chinese government bureaucracy, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly in talks to reclaim a large portion of its lost stake in its erstwhile payments section....

Mobile Commerce
Reality Sets In … Payments Is Hard
May 01, 2014

At least that’s the view of Paul Purcell, Partner with Continental Advisors who recently sat down with MPD CEO, Karen Webster to talk about all things payments and innovation for the PYMNTS Mobile Commerce Insiders Series. His view from talking to innovators and even those...

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Facebook’s eCommerce Push
May 01, 2014

Using its auto-fill service Facebook is putting its toe into eCommerce waters, albeit with a partner retailer in both cases. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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PayPal 2.0
May 01, 2014

Fresh off a strong and strange first quarter of 2014, PayPal is off and running in Q2. With a new look, in the form of a redesigned logo, and a new campaign aimed at putting people back in charge of their money PayPal wants to...