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Bitcoin Tracker: March 14
March 17, 2014

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SEPA Compliance Still Low Despite Feb. 1 Deadline
March 14, 2014

With just more than two weeks until mandatory compliance with the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) system goes into effect, companies − particularly small businesses − are scrambling to ensure they upgrade their systems by the Feb. 1 deadline. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Report Reveals Who’s Behind On SEPA Migration
March 14, 2014

The European Central Bank (ECB) released its second Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) migration report on October 24, providing an extensive overview of how various eurozone stakeholders are succeeding, and struggling, with the upcoming February 1, 2014, deadline for SEPA credit transfer (SCT) and SEPA...

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Future Innovators: How Far Should They Push The Limits?
March 11, 2014

Q. What do you get when you cross the CFPB, the FTC and Six Alternative Lending CEOs?  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...

Bitcoin’s Real Problem Isn’t Mt. Gox
March 11, 2014

The crisis du jour for the Bitcoin community yesterday was the collapse of Mt. Gox amid rumors that hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoins had been stolen. While some cynics are claiming this is the death of this cryptocurrency Bitcoin backers are rallying...

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Will mPOS Face Headwinds in 2014?
March 11, 2014

Several interesting dynamics are shaping the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) ecosystem and setting the market up for significant growth in 2014. As shown in the most recent MPOS Tracker, sponsored by ROAM, key events in January set the stage for what’s to become the rest of the year....

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One Small (HCE) Step Towards the Cloud?
March 11, 2014

Hoping to give Near Field Communication (NFC) payments a strong kickstart, both Visa and MasterCard this week announced cloud-based solutions that give merchants and banks more options for delivering and supporting mobile contactless transactions. Both card brands’ solutions leverage Host Card Emulation (HCE), an open...

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Competition Giving Prepaid Card Prices That Sinking Feeling
March 11, 2014

The market for general-purpose reloadable cards is maturing, and the age-defining changes are putting a new image on the prepaid market. Yet various issues also persist, including insufficient regulation that could be putting cardholders at risk, according to a new report. Get the Full Story...

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Cozy Launches Renter Credit-Report Solution
March 10, 2014

Cozy, developer of a rent payments and tenant screening platform, has added a solution for requesting credit checks on potential residents. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...