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Jack Ma-Owned Zhejiang Finance Credit Network Technology To Buy Stake in Hundsun
April 03, 2014

Zhejiang Finance Credit Network Technology, a Jack Ma-owned company, has made a 3.3 billion yuan (US$532 million) deal for a more than 20 percent stake in Chinese financial-software developer Hundsun. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Merchant Innovation
John Lewis Partnership Adds to Growing Ranks Of Corporate Google Apps Users
April 03, 2014

The John Lewis Partnership, the operator of John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, is the latest corporate deployer of Google Apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Visa Debit EMV Will Run Over NYCE Network
April 03, 2014

EMV adoption has taken another giant step toward advancement with the announcement that a licensing agreement to make the Visa EMV debit available to all NYCE network participants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Partners With Placed To Develop Targeted Brick-And-Mortar Strategy
April 03, 2014

PayPal has partnered up with mobile location firm Placed so that they can trace real-world consumer visits to every place customers are spending money. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Europe
Weve To Launch mPay Service
April 03, 2014

British mCommerce company Weve will officially be stepping in to the mPay ring over the next year. 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 to our...

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Wells Fargo To Issue And Service Cards For Dillards
April 03, 2014

Wells Fargo continued in its recent credit card push earlier this week, by inking a deal with Dillard’s to issue and service credit cards for the department store retailer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Europe
LinkedIn Co-Founder Searching For Break-Out European Start-Up
April 03, 2014

LinkedIn Co-Founder Konstantin Guericke knows something about finding talent, since he co-founded the Internets most well known place to look for it – LinkedIn.  The German-born Silcon Valley giant is now returning to the continent of his birth to embark on a different, and much...

Europe
$2.44 Billion Valuation For Just East IPO
April 03, 2014

Just East, which operates mobile app and websites to allow users to order food from local restaurants online, priced its initial public offering at 260 pence a share, giving it a market capitalization of $2.44 billion (£1.47 billion). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Alternative Finances
What MasterCard Sees in Mobile
April 03, 2014

Chief Emerging Products Officer for MasterCard, Ed McLaughlin, and Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster sat down recently to discuss the “state of mobile commerce” and the forces that are driving both change and innovation as part of The PYMNTS.com Mobile Commerce Insider Series digital...