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Green Dot Launches New And Improved Cash Loading Process
April 01, 2014

Yesterday, the Green Dot Corporation, announced a new process called “Reload @ the Register,” designed to make reloading cash onto a prepaid card quicker, easier and more intuitive that using a paper reload "chit.”

Merchant Innovation
Panera 2.0 Introduces Mobile Sandwich Ordering
March 31, 2014

Panera Bread Company is updating the casual dining experience by adding kiosks, mobile and Web automation to the ordering experience, as well as table-delivery in its bakery- cafes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

International
Alibaba’s Brick and Mortar Move
March 31, 2014

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has made another big purchase in its recent investment spree, agreeing to pay $692 million for a roughly 35 percent stake in Chinese department store operator Intime Retail Group. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Breach Round Up
Target Faces Of With U.S. Senate’s Rockefeller
March 31, 2014

During a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing last week, U.S. Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) questioned Target's chief financial officer, John Mulligan, about the preventative measures the company could have taken to prevent last winter’s data breach.

Alternative Finances
GoDaddy Lets Customers Send E-Invoices With Dwolla
March 31, 2014

Web-hosting company GoDaddy is now allowing “business class” users to send e-invoices to their vendors or customers using Dwolla’s application programming interface and guest-checkout feature, according to a report in Silicon Prairie News.

Optimal Payments Combines MasterPass and NETBANX
March 31, 2014

Optimal Payments announced March 27 it has integrated the MasterPass digital wallet into its NETBANX merchant platform. The platform moves payments forward by allowing the consumer to safely store all their payment, store card, loyalty, shipping and billing address details in one place and gives...

Jumio Launches Unusual Bitcoin ID Verification System
March 31, 2014

Jumio’ new Bitcoin-related security system sounds like it came out of a science fiction novel. Under its innocuous name, Bison (Bitcoin Identity Security Open Network), the system aims to instill greater trust and confidence in a virtual currency ecosystem beset with security headaches, according to...

Commentary
‘Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Whose Digital Wallet Will Be Used Most Of All?’
March 31, 2014

The Fed’s new mobile survey data contains a treasure trove of information on how mobile payments and digital wallets are doing. To guide us through the mass of data MPD CEO Karen Webster relies on a well-known and highly rigorous statistical technique to ferret out...

Merchant Innovation
Cash Recycling At The Center Of New ATM Deal
March 31, 2014

Diebold Inc., Florida’s Suncoast Credit Union and FIS are joining forces to enable full cash recycling at the ATM via Diebold's Opteva Flex Performance Series machines, the companies announced March 26.