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Mobile
Square Expands HQ Offices to East Coast
April 25, 2014

The company will be adding another satellite headquarters in New York City.

News
ShopKeep’s Point of Sale Software Raises $25M
April 25, 2014

The software vendor manages point of sale transactions for over 10,000 stores.

B2B Payments
Should Banks Expand The Small Business Credit Card Space?
April 25, 2014

Banks may now feel that there is some breathing room to take advantage of an improving economic climate to broaden their portfolio offering to include SMB credit cards. Here’s a look at how banks can turn this opportunity into an attractive return on one of...

B2B Payments
Powering Payments For Europe’s Railroads
April 25, 2014

Ogone powered a mobile app designed to help one of Europe's high-speed rail providers streamline its ticketing operations. Launched in December, it’s now used by 1,000 riders per week. Find out how and why they did it.

Alternative Finances
PayPal Testing New ‘Wearable Wallet’ for Smartwatches
April 25, 2014

PayPal is testing the new software in the corporate office coffee shop.

In Depth
Visa: Q2 Revenues Rise 7% As Profit Jumps 26%
April 24, 2014

Visa missed analysts' projections for fiscal second quarter revenues, but earned a 26 percent increase in profits as spending on credit and debit cards remained strong.

Merchant Innovation
Amazon Reports 23% Rise In Q1 Net Sales, Launches Grocery Service
April 24, 2014

Amazon Inc. on April 23 reported total first quarter net sales of $19.74 billion, up 22.8 percent from $16.07 billion during the same three-month period ended March 31 last year and beating analyst estimates by a reported $320 million. Net income was $108 million, up...

MiiCard’s $21 Billion Dollar Solution
April 24, 2014

There is no one in the financial services industry that likes identity theft, but after 20 years of watching it climb consistently upward annually, a certain level of acceptance has set in.  Fish have swim, birds have fly and fraudsters have to steal consumers identities,...

Hmmm
Square’s Many Suitors: The People Have Spoken
April 24, 2014

So two weeks ago we ask you, the readers, what Square should do, given that many of Silicon Valley’s biggest players are reportedly pursing the payments processor and POS start-up. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...