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B2B Payments
PayPal Expands SMB Lending Program
April 22, 2014

It is reported that 25% of small businesses fail within the first year that they open and 50% fail within the first 18 months of opening. Many of these small businesses need additional capital to grow so they can compete in the cut throat market....

71 Percent of Brits Refuse to Use Bitcoin
April 22, 2014

According to the study, many do not trust the digital currency for online payments.

News
Ineda Raises $17M to Create Chips for Wearable Devices
April 22, 2014

The funding will be used to develop Ineda’s semiconductors for the wearable device market.

Europe
ETF Reports Eurozone Remains Weak
April 22, 2014

The MSCI Europe Index tracks the Europe stock market through studying the performance of top companies and sectors in Europe.

News
Online Beauty Start-up Birchbox Raises $60M
April 22, 2014

The new funding increases the value of the company to $485 million.

Mobile Commerce
Mobile POS Boosts Perry Ellis Transactions
April 21, 2014

The Starmount Engage and Connect solutions for mobile devices was releases in 60 Perry Ellis stores. The program contributed by increasing the average transaction amounts for sales conducted with mobile devices.

B2B Payments
B2B Gateway to Simplify Secure B2B Communications
April 21, 2014

The debilitating disease that plagues many companies is the dreaded, ‘failure to communicate’ disorder. A new rollout from Fiorano Software, Fiorano B2B Gateway, was designed to help users securely transact business and enable real-time information exchange and avoid succumbing to a bout of the sickness.

Controversial
Why Israel is the Hot Bed for Payments Start-Ups
April 21, 2014

Israel, with its emerging tech scene embodied by the entrepreneurs of "Silicon Boulevard" in Tel Aviv, has gotten the world's attention as "Start-Up Nation." PYMNTS correspondent Andy Freedman is in Israel with a view as to just what makes this Start-Up Nation such a hot...

Alternative Finances
Mt. Gox CEO Focused On Coffee During Corporate Collapse
April 21, 2014

As lawyers, judges and a collection of angry international bitcoin investors try to piece together how exactly  nearly half a billion dollars in bitcoins managed to disappear into thin air from Mt. Gox’s “vaults”, a disturbing picture of the company’s disgraced founder and CEO Mark...