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B2B Payments
Hotels Regroup To Keep Pace With B2B Payments Innovation
July 13, 2017

On-demand ridesharing may garner much of the attention of corporate travel and expense management these days, but the hotel industry is gradually capturing some of that focus on how to disrupt the corporate travel and payments space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Bitcoin
Retail Bitcoin Acceptance Drops … Even More
July 13, 2017

Using bitcoin isn’t exactly the frictionless ‘Uber Experience,’ most consumers are after. The cryptocurrency bitcoin has its fans, its detractors, and its users and non-users and declining users. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Investments
Zently Raises $1.6M, Launches Expense-Sharing Feature
July 13, 2017

Zently, a tech startup with a mobile app for renters that helps them pay on time and flags issues for the landlord, has recently raised $1.6 million in venture capital funding and rolled out an expense-sharing feature. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Europe
Samsung Announces $150M Investment Fund For European Startups
July 13, 2017

Samsung’s venture capital arm has announced it will use a $150 million global funding round to invest in Europe’s startup scene. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
Apple To Launch HomeKit Experiences Ahead of HomePod Launch
July 13, 2017

Apple, aiming to drive demand for its HomeKit app, is launching so-called HomeKit experiences in multiple retail stores around the globe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Security & Fraud
Trump Hotels Hacked
July 13, 2017

Fourteen Trump Hotel properties were hit by a data breach, and management announced the news on Tuesday, including those in Las Vegas, New York, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Guest names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers and card expiration dates were exposed. Get the Full Story...

International
Sub-Saharan Africa Driving Mobile Money Market
July 13, 2017

More than half the world’s mobile money deployments are coming from a perhaps unexpected source: Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet in a way, that balance makes sense. Mobile money deployments give unbanked individuals access to financial services, and that’s clearly filling a significant need in that part...

Retail
Bank Of America Latest To Lower iPhone Shipments Forecast
July 13, 2017

Apple has seen Bank of America Merrill Lynch join a growing list of Wall Street firms that are lowering their shipment forecasts for iPhones this year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Security & Fraud
Deep Instinct Raises $32M In Venture Funding
July 13, 2017

Deep Instinct, the cybersecurity company, announced Wednesday (July 12)  it has raised $32 million in Series B financing. 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...