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Beauty Market Ruled By Female Millennials
December 15, 2016

A lady may never reveal her age, but the beauty market can likely brag about its appeal with younger generations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Warby Of X: Hello Vino, Personally Picked Wine
December 15, 2016

They say “life is too good to drink bad wine.” One direct-to-consumer company agrees with that sentiment. 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...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
PayPal, Citi, FIS Partnerships Drive Digital Ubiquity
December 15, 2016

PayPal’s made it pretty clear that enabling consumer choice means giving consumers the ability to use their preferred method of payment inside of their PayPal wallet anywhere they’d like to shop — in-store, online and in-app. Its deals earlier this year with Mastercard and Visa...

Mobile Payments
Mastercard And Visa Tag-Team Tokens
December 15, 2016

Tokenization as a global standard for securing transactions in a digital world gets turbocharged today, thanks to Mastercard and Visa. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

EMV
Collect For Stripe Enables Retailers To Accept Both Swipe, EMV Chip Payments
December 15, 2016

Collect for Stripe, a new app built by entrepreneur and developer Logan Thompson, was launched this week, enabling Stripe users to accept both swipe and EMV chip payments at brick-and-mortar locations using a tablet or mobile device. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Investments
AI Innovator Conversica Raises $34 Million In Series B
December 15, 2016

Silicon Valley adjacent AI innovator Conversica recently announced it had raised $34 million in a Series B venture capital funding round led by Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners, along with Toba Capital, Wellington Financial LP and Recruit Holdings, with additional funding from existing investor Kennet Partners and Founder...

Security & Fraud
Russia Will Send JPMorgan Hacker Home to US, Sources Say
December 15, 2016

American fugitive Joshua Aaron, who is a suspect in the massive JPMorgan hack that took place back in 2014, arrived back in the U.S. from Russia this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

International
Venezuela Currency Rollout Delayed Amid 100-Bolivar Note Recall
December 15, 2016

The seeds may be sown for cash crunches in Venezuela, which has been plagued in the recent past by inflation and other currency-related issues. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Security & Fraud
New Yahoo Data Breach
December 15, 2016

In what feels like déjà vu, there’s more bad news for Yahoo users. The company announced Wednesday (Dec. 14) that a new cybersecurity breach incident has affected over a billion of its users and their private data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...