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Security & Fraud
Anti-Fraud ATM Blocks Mobile Phone Scams
November 01, 2016

Hitachi is teaming up with a regional bank in Japan to introduce anti-fraud ATMs. 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, PYMNTS...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
BlackBerry Drives Into Cars
November 01, 2016

BlackBerry has linked with Ford Motor in order to boost, as Reuters reported, the carmaker’s use of the former’s QNX operating system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

New York Endures Bitcoin Backlog
November 01, 2016

No doubt, new regulations can cause backlogs, inefficiencies and stalling. This may be the case for New York bitcoin regulation and exchange. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Retail
Mall Investors Getting Ready For Another Blue Christmas
November 01, 2016

The investors who funded the last great expansion in mall commerce — before digital shopping came on the scene and disrupted everything about the way people buy — are on the verge of loosing billions, according to reports in Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
Restaurants Gain An Appetite For Cash Flow Tech
November 01, 2016

The restaurant industry is, in many ways, stuck in its own habits. Convincing a restaurant owner to implement technology to automate expense management, bill pay and invoices after years of manual accounting can be a tall order. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

eCommerce
Vesta: Ghosts In The (Payments) Machine
November 01, 2016

Halloween isn’t over — not by a long shot — in the payments industry. And three big stats tell you why. 30 percent, 65 percent and 4. Vesta CMO Tom Byrnes explained what those scary statistics tied to eCommerce fraud mean in the latest installment...

B2B Payments
Mastercard Wants Developers To Experiment With Blockchain
November 01, 2016

Credit card conglomerate Mastercard has added three new blockchain APIs to its development site that allow developers to use the company’s blockchain technology in an effort to promote experimentation of the tool. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Alternative Finances
Lending Club’s Auto Lending Pivot
November 01, 2016

Trying something new and different is both one of the hallmarks of innovation and a typical option when a company finds that the same old thing just isn’t quite working anymore. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Security & Fraud
Forter: The Sour Side Of Sweet-Talking Fraudsters
November 01, 2016

Not all fraudsters rely on being technically savvy to get by — some have the charm and deception to pry sensitive information right out of unsuspecting consumers and businesses. In the latest installment of Forter’s Meet The Fraudsters series, Forter Senior Fraud Analyst Gilit Saporta...