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IPO
Gov’t Shutdown Affects IPO Deadlines
January 02, 2019

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government could cause serious problems for some initial public offerings. 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...

Banking
Big Banks Struggle With Generous Rewards Cards
January 02, 2019

U.S. banks are facing increased costs associated with their reward credit cards as a result of two years of increasing the rewards points they offered customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Security & Fraud
Hackers Cull Nearly $900K In 2018 Crypto Bug Bounties
January 02, 2019

New data shows that blockchain companies awarded $878,504 in bug bounties to hackers in 2018. 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,...

Payments Innovation
Turning Unplanned Spend Into Spend Management Innovation
January 02, 2019

In the middle of an otherwise productive day — one of those shifts when the whole team is not only ahead of schedule, but likely to get ahead of the game and take one or two extra jobs or tasks — few things can ruin that...

Payment Methods
What Australia Can Teach The World About Real-Time Payments
January 02, 2019

On the face of it, the lure of real-time payments might seem like an inevitability. The concept is gaining traction and deployment across any number of avenues and several countries. In a recent example, in the U.S., a number of leading tech companies have become vocal in...

IPO
2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon
January 01, 2019

Tech companies are taking more time to reach their initial public offerings, with the median gap between their early financing and their IPOs hitting 10.1 years in 2017, up from 6.9 years in 2013, according to a recent estimate. A robust supply of private capital...

Payment Methods
2019: The Year Of Instant Payments
January 01, 2019

Here’s a 2019 prediction that we guarantee will come true: There will be no human being or business adamantly hoping to be paid slower in 2019 than they were in 2018. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Security & Fraud
2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
December 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. If that’s not...

Retail
Amazon To Expand Whole Foods Footprint
December 30, 2018

Amazon is reportedly gearing up to expand the number of Whole Foods stores around the country to enable more customers to use its speedy delivery service, reported the Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...