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SlimPay Grabs $16.6M To Make Recurring Payments Easy In Europe
July 08, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””]Like most modern wonders, the magic of automatic billing is something that is easy to overlook – probably because no one really likes thinking about paying bills as there are many, many more interesting ways to spend money. Get the...

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How Distil Battles Bots Without Bothering Buyers
July 01, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It happens to every Internet user at least once. The day she’s asked to type a simple combination of letters and numbers into a window to prove she’s not a robot pretending to be a human being – and she fails....

The Biggest Deal Yet And The Cloud Snags $18M
June 24, 2015

Progress in payments, like most things in life, does not come all at once. Or at all evenly distributed for that matter — a situation made starkly noticeable by the different pace of change in consumer and business payments. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Making Online Shopping (And Investors) Happy
June 17, 2015

It’s hard to get really excited about shopping online. Which is not to say that there’s not a lot to speak for the experience – the $1.5 trillion Forrester forecasts Americans will spend online this year (an amount pegged to swell to $2.1 trillion by...

May’s Big Finish (And Why Salesforce Likes Calendars)
June 03, 2015

Calendars are very hot this year. 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, you agree to...

WePay’s $40M Week
May 20, 2015

While financial services innovation and tech probably do not occur to most people as particularly “flashy” areas, there is a noticeable preference shown toward the more dramatic side of the business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

May Showers Bring $639M And Credit Sesame Funding Fever
May 13, 2015

Consumers often know less about their credit than they should. According to the American Bankers Association, only 42 percent of Americans are aware of what their FICO score is. And that is problematic since, according to data released by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED),...

FinTech’s Billion Dollar Investment Week (And How To Disrupt A Toothbrush)
May 06, 2015

Though perhaps a bit overstated, the sharing and subscription economy is changing the face of the way consumers interact with the marketplace of goods and services. Yesterday, Google Ventures managing partner Bill Maris proclaimed that Uber was not only the fastest growing company his team had...

Unacast And Becoming A Backend For Beacons
April 29, 2015

Beacons are about to be the next big thing – if the Internet is to be believed. Google “beacons are coming” and there are 11 articles from separate sources that use that phrase. Whose beacons? Which type? Using what tech? What use can merchants best...