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Mobile Commerce
Is $160K Per Second Too Much For Super Bowl Ads?
February 05, 2016

This Sunday (Feb. 7) marks the 50th Super Bowl since the rival American Football League and National Football League agreed to a playoff championship game in the winter of early 1967. As the resultant NFL has grown into one of the most popular professional sporting...

New PayPal Merchant Portal Gives Merchants One-Click Access To Tools
February 05, 2016

PayPal has a new tool in its arsenal to help businesses.  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...

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Fifth Third Launches Service For The Unbanked/Underbanked
February 04, 2016

Noting that in the United States as many as one in four households is either unbanked or underbanked, Fifth Third said Wednesday (Feb. 3) that it is launching Express Banking specifically to target those populations through mobile options. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Post Yahoo Spin, Alibaba May See New Vigor
February 03, 2016

In the end, Yahoo may be remembered for what it might have been, but for the missteps. The latest news that the company is pursuing “strategic alternatives” for its core Internet business, while also sawing away 15 percent of its workforce, hints at last resorts....

Uber’s Newest On-Demand Delivery? Puppies
February 03, 2016

In the midst of celebrating its new look, Uber also has puppies on its mind. 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,...

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Facebook’s WhatsApp Has 1B Users — Now What?
February 03, 2016

It’s been a busy month for Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging app. 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...

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Alphabet Tops Apple As Most Valuable Company
February 02, 2016

In the stock market, as in the dictionary, Alphabet comes before Apple — perhaps not forever but for now. 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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Bated Breath for Alphabet’s Earnings Soup
February 01, 2016

Just a few hours to go until we find out if Alphabet (Google) has done right by investors by sinking tons of money into new, unproven and, at times, seemingly fanciful ventures. The earnings report slated for this afternoon has Wall Street waiting with bated...

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Beacons Get Their Silver Screen Moment
February 01, 2016

While beacons are getting plenty of attention behind the scenes, there’s no doubt that they’ve ceded the spotlight to other disruptive and emerging technologies. The story of the tortoise and the hare hasn’t endured this long without holding some truth to it, though, and some...