International

Judo Payments Will Support Apple Pay Launch In UK
June 11, 2015

Judo Payments, Europe’s only mobile-first payments platform, confirmed this week (June 9) that it will support Apple Pay during its launch in the U.K. this coming July. Until recently it was still unclear where the launch would take place. Now that we know Apple Pay...

OPM Data Breach Appears State-Sponsored, Say Intelligence Committee Members
June 11, 2015

The online data theft that hit government computers earlier this month appears to have been state-sponsored, according to U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee members, though no nation was officially named. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

SumUp Grabs Up $45M
June 11, 2015

SumUp, Europe’s leading mPOS company, has raised at least $45 million (€40 million) to date to continue expansion and work on the next generation of its payment hardware around contactless payments, reports TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

International
Jack Ma Thinks Alibaba Can Break $1 Trillion In Sales – With The Help Of...
June 11, 2015

Jack Ma believes in small business – despite the fact that the one he runs today is on pace to supplant Walmart as the world leader in retail sales. But before Jack Ma was China’s most successful entrepreneur, he too was a small business owner...

POS Systems Remain Favorite Targets Of Cybercrime, At Least In US
June 10, 2015

The U.S. may be moving (slowly but eventually) toward EMV and chip-driven payment cards, but point of sale (POS) systems dominate the landscape for data breaches, while accounting for only a “tiny minority” of fraudulent activity outside the country, PC World reported Tuesday (June 9)...

International
Mobile May Help Top eCommerce Markets Double To $985B By 2018
June 10, 2015

A new study released by PayPal, Google and OC&C Strategy Consultants found that the world’s largest eCommerce markets — the U.K., U.S., China and Germany — can expect to double in size by 2018. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Punk Is Dead! (The Sex Pistols Released A Credit Card)
June 10, 2015

The Sex Pistols have gotten behind a credit card. 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 daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

Alternative Finances
MasterCard Says It is Safer (And Faster) Than Bitcoin
June 10, 2015

MasterCard is taking its case to the British authorities that bitcoin (and its digital currency brethren) needs additional regulation. 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...

International
Uber Unties the Purse Strings to Expand in China
June 09, 2015

Uber is spending its way into China, chiefly by paying its drivers there even more than the fares they pocket, according to The New York Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...