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Swyp Mimics All Your Cards And Guesses Which One You Want To Use
January 28, 2015

Not everyone thinks the right way to keep from carrying all those plastic payment cards is to electronically put them all on your smartphone. A startup called Qvivr wants you to put them all on just one metal payment card, according to VentureBeat. Get the...

Consumer Finance
Money Dashboard Gets Another $3.7M
January 27, 2015

Scottish startup Money Dashboard has raised another $3.7 million in funding for its a personal finance app, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Apple Pay Hits The PGA Tour For The First Time
January 27, 2015

Apple Pay, which has already hit pro basketball courts and major league baseball stadiums, is now headed for the golf course, according to Cult of Mac. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

China’s $2T E-Commerce Market
January 26, 2015

A new government report said China’s e-commerce markets racked up 13 trillion yuan ($2 trillion) in transactions in 2014, up 25 percent from 2013, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Convenience Store Chain Wawa Launches Its Own Mobile Payments
January 26, 2015

Giant coffee chains Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts may have rolled out their mobile payment and loyalty apps nationwide, but that’s no reason regional chains can’t get in on the action, too. East Coast convenience store chain Wawa has launched its own mobile app featuring gift-card-based...

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Bitcoin Goes Mainstream In Braintree Beta Test
January 23, 2015

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency whose supporters like to think of it as anything but ordinary, may have just gained its best chance at widespread acceptance — by being just one of the boys. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Raise Gets $56M To Let You Buy Discounted Gift Cards Seconds Before You Spend Them
January 23, 2015

Can a gift-card exchange be worth a billion dollars? That seems to be the case with Raise, which just pulled in another $56 million, barely two months after an $18 million round in November. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Button Pulls In $12M To Build Its On-Demand Service Network
January 23, 2015

On-demand commerce startup Button, which just launched in October, has now pulled in $12 million to build out its network of on-demand services and its recommendation capabilities, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

It’s All About Mobile Engagement
January 23, 2015

Mobile commerce’s share will climb to 40 percent of all e-commerce transactions worldwide in 2015, and mobile will also push cross-device sales above its current 15-to-20-percent range, according to a new report from e-commerce marketing tech vendor Criteo. And while no one is about to...