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Alternative Finances
Prepaid’s Summer Of Uncertainty
July 15, 2016

It’s as quiet as a hot summer night, as the prepaid industry awaits the final ruling from the CFPB. Rules that were promised last year, then March of this year and then, mid-summer – well, it’s mid-summer and it’s crickets. Get the Full Story Complete...

B2B Payments
Canadian Bank Completes 20-Second Cross-Border Payment
July 15, 2016

One of Canada’s largest banks has sent one of the world’s first real-time cross-border payments, it claimed this 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
HDFC IDs Liquidity Squeeze In SME Supply Chain
July 15, 2016

Indian bank HDFC is exploring why small business growth in the country has flattened in the past few years, and one executive at the financial institution thinks he’s found the answer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Pokemon The Surprise Retail Sizzle Of The Summer?
July 15, 2016

Some weeks, there’s just more clouds than sun, and this week is one of them. We found one gigundo sizzle and three moderately-sized fizzles. We’ll let you decide whether our one Sizzle made up in sizzle factor for the other two we just couldn’t find...

B2B Payments
Startups Protecting The Enterprise On All Fronts
July 15, 2016

B2B FinTech startups struck out this week, but that doesn’t mean venture capitalists ignored the B2B startup space altogether. This week was largely about the companies that are helping businesses protect themselves from, well, themselves. While VC favorite enterprise cybersecurity showed up on the scoreboard,...

International
Is Hong Kong Ready To Be A Startup Powerhouse?
July 15, 2016

Hong Kong has a lot going for it — economic strength, stable currency, prime location and a top financial industry. However, the territory has yet to rise through the global tech center rankings. This week, in our Tech Center Roundup series, we take a look...

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4 Conversion Blind Spots Costing Large Retailers $162B Each Year
July 14, 2016

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iPayYou Launches Pay-by-Twitter Bitcoin P2P Service
July 14, 2016

Bitcoin may be a preferred method of payment for a slew of tech-savvy people, but it has yet to take off with the masses, or even micro-masses. iPayYou, the bitcoin wallet, is aiming to change that with a new service launched today (July 14). Get the Full Story...

Mobile Commerce
Masterpass Gets Connected — And Contextual
July 14, 2016

Mastercard CIO Ed McLaughlin was often heard describing Mastercard’s vision for commerce as one that would take it anywhere the consumer wanted to take it, including “to any connected device on the edge of the network.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...