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Verifone Crashes, While Other Stocks Eke Out Gains
September 06, 2016

The PYMNTS Stock Index saw a few mid-sized percentage gains, which may have cheered investors over the long holiday weekend. The smaller the stock, however, the more outsized the percentage gains on relatively little news. Among the firms that saw upward trends was Planet Payment, which was...

ACI Worldwide Amps Up Erste Bank Hungary Electronic Payments
September 06, 2016

One of Hungary’s largest banks, Erste Bank Hungary (EBH), is enhancing its electronic payment services by working more closely with partner ACI Worldwide. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Cross Border Commerce
UK Losing Foreign Exchange Market To Asia
September 06, 2016

Brexit has hit the pound hard. Financial Times reported that the U.K.’s share of the foreign exchange market has dropped, while the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reported that Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, are picking up the pieces. Get the Full Story...

Regulation
Amazon, Google And Apple Side With Microsoft In Customer Privacy Fight With Government
September 06, 2016

Microsoft has gotten some big-name allies in its ongoing argument with the U.S. government about its customers’ privacy rights and to what extent it is allowed/required to inform said customers of data requests from government officials. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
UK Retail Sales End Summer On A Down Note
September 06, 2016

Summer’s shopping season ended with more of a whimper than a bang in the U.K., according to recently released figures. 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
Electronics And Apparel Drove 2016’s Respectable Back-To-School Shopping Push
September 06, 2016

Back-to-school spending seems to have delivered this year in the U.S., pushed by an nearly insatiable hunger of leggings and laptops. Spending has grown by its fastest rate in four years, according to a Reuters report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Merchant Innovation
Meet Revuze, The Startup Bringing Artificial Intelligence To Brand Management
September 06, 2016

Let’s face it, data analysis can be a costly and time-consuming affair and can sometimes take weeks or months of scouring through troves and troves of data from a number of channels, like sales, surveys, customer reviews and social media, to even interpret how consumers...

B2B Payments
A Modern Take On The Ancient Pain Of Expense Reporting
September 06, 2016

Expensify announces today (Sept. 6) that it’s opening new offices in Australia. It may seem like global expansion for the expense management company, but according to CEO David Barrett, it’s simply a reflection of the already globalized operation of the company. Get the Full Story...

Retail
Aéropostale Bounces Back From The Brink Of Destruction
September 06, 2016

While Christmas is the holiday best known for miracles, every once and a while, a new player takes the stage. Aéropostale, for example, got its miracle for Labor Day. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...