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Starbucks Adding Prepaid To Boost Loyalty
March 24, 2016

Starbucks isn’t quite done tinkering with its rewards program. 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 Today. By completing this form,...

Square Brings SMBs Facebook Ads — And Data
March 24, 2016

Square is joining forces with Facebook to make it easier for small and mid-sized businesses that use its services to buy ads on the social network through its merchant platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Security & Fraud
Are We Having The Right Encryption Conversation?
March 24, 2016

The Apple v. DOJ battle has made encryption a household word. But what’s the right conversation to be having about keeping consumer and payments data secure and private? Michael Reitblat, founder and CEO of Forter, and Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO of Cortex MCP, joined...

Merchant Innovation
Verifone’s Curb Taxi-Hailing App Comes To NYC
March 24, 2016

The good, old yellow cabs of New York City finally seem to have found their savior in Verifone’s ride-hailing app, Curb, which is promising to provide New Yorkers an Uber-like experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

CFPB
CFPB Warns Of Elderly Financial Exploitation
March 24, 2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday (March 23) that it has issued an advisory alongside a report detailing recommendations for financial institutions, ranging from credit unions to banks, offering information on how to recognize, report and also prevent financial exploitation of older customers....

Pebble Slashes 25 Percent Of Staff
March 24, 2016

The smartwatch market has taken another hit — adding to the belief that consumers may just not be all that into the concept. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Partnerships / Acquisitions
Palantir, Credit Suisse Link To Mitigate ‘Rogue Bankers’
March 24, 2016

Credit Suisse has linked up with Palantir Technologies in a joint effort to, as Bloomberg puts it, “catch rogue employees” before they can move ahead to commit (financial) mayhem. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Investments
GoCardless Secures $13M To Expand Recurring Payments Platform
March 24, 2016

The United Kingdom-based FinTech firm GoCardless — which, as its name implies, offers technology to enable payments without, well, cards — has snagged a fresh $13 million from its latest financing round. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Payment Methods
In FinTech, The Regulators Cometh
March 24, 2016

Innovation is the lifeblood of finance, and especially in FinTech. But innovation left wholly unchecked can have disastrous unintended consequences. How to navigate the razor’s edge between encouraging transformation or stifling it?