Alternative Finances

Apple Emerges, Bitcoin Price Erodes And Scotland Rejects Bitcoin (And Freedom)
September 19, 2014

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Kiosk-based Money Transfers In Russia Double
September 18, 2014

Money transfers sent through kiosks in Russia have nearly doubled in the past year, according to Self Service World. 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...

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Fraud Costs and Digital Currency Acceptance On The Rise Concurrently
September 18, 2014

Payment-card fraud keeps rising — and the costs are rising even faster according to the recently released 2014 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud study, eCommerceBytes reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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The Emergence Of Alibaba, They Aren’t Just The Chinese Amazon
September 18, 2014

While many commentators are describing the Alibaba IPO unfolding on Wall Street today (September, 18) as the emergence of the “Chinese Amazon,” BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and economist Vanessa Zhang of the Global Economics Group agree that Alibaba is quite a bit more than that....

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Debt Collection StartUp Gets Boost From Khosla and Max Levchin
September 17, 2014

Debt-collection startup TrueAccord was launched after co-founder Ohad Samet started getting phone calls at random times from a number he didn’t recognize — which turned out to be a debt-collection agency calling about a late payment on Samet’s Macy’s card. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
September 15, 2014

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised around the world–minus a few bright spots (M-Pesa) the progress of mobile in bridging the gap between the banked and...

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Amazon Shutters P2P
September 15, 2014

Amazon is formally pulling the plug on it free person-to-person funds transfer service WebPay as of October 13, 2014. 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...

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Drug Dealer’s Best Friends Are Bitcoin, Prepaid Debit
September 12, 2014

For those who say there is no e-commerce application for social media the drug dealing population of Instagram stand as a stark, if weird, counter-example.  These enterprising black market enthusiasts present a convenient online marketplace for pot, heroine, cocaine and pretty much anything else the...

Can An Apple (Pay) A Day Keep The Bitcoins Away?
September 12, 2014

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