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Partnerships / Acquisitions
Verifone Enters Ukraine Market With PrivatBank Deal
May 03, 2017

Verifone, the payments and commerce solutions company, announced Tuesday (May 2 ) that it has been selected as the payment solution and service provider for PrivatBank, an acquirer in the Ukraine. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Retail
Etsy Announces New CEO, Job Cuts Due To Slowing Sales
May 03, 2017

Etsy announced it has replaced its CEO and is cutting 8 percent of its job force in an attempt to cope with slowing sales. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Payments Innovation
Fitbit To Rollout Smartwatch With Payment Capabilities
May 03, 2017

Fitbit is gearing up to rollout a smartwatch that will be paired with Bluetooth headphones and will be able to make payments for the first time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Payment Methods
Mastercard, General Motors Partner On Digital Payments
May 03, 2017

Mastercard,​ ​the​ credit card company, announced Tuesday (May 2) that it has expanded its long-standing​ ​relationship​ ​with General​ ​Motors. 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...

Mobile Commerce
Starbucks Sees Uptick In Q2 Mobile Orders, Payments
May 03, 2017

Starbucks reported second quarter results that showed a big uptick in mobile ordering and an increase in its rewards program. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Retail
National Retail Federation Urges Lawmakers Not To Repeal Debit Card Swipe Reform
May 03, 2017

As the House Financial Services Committee considers approval of the Financial Choice Act, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is urging lawmakers to reject efforts to repeal debit card swipe fee reform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Omnicommerce
Can The Lab Save Retail?
May 03, 2017

Retailers, start your omnicommerce engines. The latest PYMNTS OmniReadi Index™ — powered by Vantiv — shows that the gap is closing between the omni haves and have nots, as bottom-performing merchants are catching up to industry heavy-hitters. But staying omnireadi means chasing a constantly moving...

B2B Payments
How Faster Payments Demands Faster Reactions Against B2B Payments Fraud
May 03, 2017

NACHA may have assured some banks that Same Day ACH hasn’t led to an increase in payments fraud, but concerns remain widespread about how the initiative and other faster payments efforts will reduce the window of opportunity for FIs to detect and prevent an incident....

B2B Payments
Intuit Taps Machine Learning For Freelancer Expense Management
May 03, 2017

As TechCrunch put it in its Tuesday (May 2) report, expense management for the self-employed “sucks.” 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,...