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FastCare Accepts New Payment Types
March 31, 2014

FastCare, a Miami-based urgent care center, announced March 27 that it is now accepting more forms of payment, including credit and debit cards from Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. The change reportedly is designed to add greater convenience for users of the company’s service.

Financial Inclusion
New Debate Over Student Debit Card Fees
March 31, 2014

Student debit cards were the topic du jour at a U.S. Department of Education’s session on March 27. A proposed new rule would “would make direct deposit the default for distributing student-aid refunds and would ban many college-affiliated debit card fees, reports the Chronicle of...

Mobile Commerce
Kenyan Bankers Association Sticks With EMV Integration Schedule
March 31, 2014

The Kenya Bankers Association last week said it will not extend its March 31 deadline to migrate all payment cards issued in the country to the EMV smart card platform.

TSYS: The Big Gap Between Mobile Wallets And Their Users
March 31, 2014

Use of mobile devices instead of cards to facilitate point-of-sale transaction is a goal that continues to challenge industry players seeking to make it happen. An upcoming TSYS white paper will examine the issues affecting mobile wallets and what the industry must do to address...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Expands ‘Selfie’ Mobile Payments Into Canada
March 31, 2014

Canadian consumers reportedly now can pay for food and drinks through their PayPal app at 50 Toronto locations. PayPal is enabling the locations to use its smartphone app to pay, joining others in the U.S., U.K. and Australia that already have the option, said The...

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Brazil’s New Deal With Global Payout Opens Innovative Financial Solutions
March 31, 2014

Global Payout on March 27 signed an agreement with motorcycle courier supporter ABRATRAM to provide customized payment solutions combined with cash-management options and member benefits.

Financial Inclusion
PayPal Says The Future Of mPay Is Now
March 30, 2014

Have you heard? 2014 is the year mobile payments is going to take off.  Gartner thinks so, ABI predicts a strong year, and even Bain & Co. thinks the mobile-payments explosion is just over the horizon.    Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

The Taxman Meets Bitcoin
March 28, 2014

Only the bitcoin community could put on a happy face when the IRS led the way for tax authorities around the world to blow up billions of dollars of value for bitcoin holders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Bitcoin Prices Plunge on Rumored China Decision to Close Exchange Accounts
March 28, 2014

After a report that China’s central bank had ordered banks and payment companies to close the trading accounts of 10 bitcoins exchanges by April 15, 2014, the price of bitcoins has started declining sharply. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...