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Security & Fraud
GameStop’s Website May Have Fallen Victim To Hack Of Credit Card Information
April 10, 2017

GameStop, the video game retailer, is looking into reports that hackers may have stolen credit card information and customer data from its gamestop.com website. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Payment Methods
An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth
April 10, 2017

The WSJ article last week, finally, told the story of Apple Pay’s failure to meet the hype generated at its launch. Karen Webster writes that the story they told isn’t news at all, but one that PYMNTS/InfoScout data on consumer adoption and usage has told...

B2B Payments
Transcepta Ramps Up AI In eProcurement
April 10, 2017

Transcepta, a procure-to-pay platform, is ramping up its use of artificial intelligence (AI), the company said late last week. 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...

B2B Payments
APAC’s Unique (And Not-So-Unique) Challenges To SME FinTech
April 10, 2017

The image of SME finance services varies greatly across the globe. So when large financial conglomerates ramp up operations in a single region, like Mastercard has recently done across Asia-Pacific (APAC), their approach will probably look a bit different than it would in another part of the...

B2B Payments
What’s Up With SMEs: Payments Fraud, Mobile Lending, And Inflation
April 10, 2017

When operating a small business, “up” is typically a positive direction. SMEs need profits, sales, and performance all to be on the rise. But up isn’t always good. In the latest PYMNTS Data Digest, we look at the research on what’s “up” with SMEs — like...

Retail
How MicroWarehouses Make The Grocer
April 10, 2017

Building the better consumer experience has become retail’s rallying call these days — though what exactly the “better experience” consists of is very much up for grabs. Better merchandising, more personalized experiences, high-tech upgrades, order ahead, buy online/pick-up in store, retail events, mood lighting, robots — there...

B2B Payments
UK Regs Reopen Lloyds, HBOS SME Fraud Probe
April 10, 2017

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced it is reopening an inquiry into Lloyds’ HBOS scandal as the bank revealed plans to set aside $124 million for small businesses impacted by the matter, reports said Friday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
IG Calls USPS Fleet Card Use Into Question
April 10, 2017

An Inspector General (IG) report into the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) use of fleet cards has turned up some questionable practices and millions of dollars of questionable transactions, reports Friday (April 7) said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Investments
Kashkari Vs. Dimon For Battle Of The Bankers?
April 07, 2017

In what might be shaping up as the battle of the bankers, a heavy hitter in the industry is taking aim at JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s comments earlier this week about the state of financial firms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...