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Taking the Pain Out of Merchant Onboarding
April 23, 2014

Ask any merchant how much they liked their onboarding process. It's generally pretty cumbersome - but for a reason. Assessing the risk of a new merchant is nothing to be taken lightly. But Recombo has completely innovated that process, making it less costly, quicker, and...

Company Spotlight
Discover Reports 4.5% Q1 Revenue Rise As Card Sales Volume Jumps 3.4%
April 23, 2014

Discover Financial Services on April 22 reported first quarter net revenue of $2.08 billion, up 4.5 percent from $1.99 billion during the same period last year. Net income was $631 million, down 6.2 percent from $673 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Digital Currency Deep Dive: So What Makes Bitcoin So Special?
April 23, 2014

Remember the day when a coin was just a bothersome piece of metal that you were happy to toss in the tip jar to benefit the underpaid baristas at your local coffee shop? Well, the world has changed and so have coins. Economist David Evans...

TSYS Says Q1 Revenue Rose 32%, Sells Japanese Business Interests
April 23, 2014

Total System Services Inc. on April 22 reported first quarter revenue of $592.8 million, up 32.1 percent from $448.8 million during the same period ended March 31 last year. Net income was down 12.7 percent to $51.6 million.   Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal Rethinks NFC to Enhance Security
April 23, 2014

The company isn't planning on any initiatives anytime soon, however, the company president does believe that they are becoming less skeptic about NFC.

Exclusive Series
Apple Interviewing Execs for New Payments Business
April 23, 2014

According to reports, Apple is interviewing senior executives in the payments industry to help create an electronic payments business.

B2B Payments
Shell Canada And EFS Launch Canadian Fleet Card Program
April 23, 2014

Canada’s fleet card market continues to grow, as Shell Canada and Electronic Funds Source this week launched the Shell Fleet Navigator commercial card. The MasterCard-branded card joins a growing list of fleet card products available throughout Canada, including from competing oil companies and payments networks.

Alternative Finances
Mobile Insiders: A VC Goes to Boston
April 22, 2014

Paul Purcell, co-founder of Continental Advisors, is on the Board of LevelUp, was the lead investor in WePay's recent capital raise and is on the management committee of Veritec, which is a POS software company that helps small dollar lenders remain compliant with state regs....

Merchant Innovation
Security Enhanced for Google Wallet
April 22, 2014

Google wants to make a smartphone less attractive to theives.