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Merchant Innovation
eBay And Oprah Magazine To Run Charity Auction
March 02, 2016

In a sense, eBay was founded on the principle of letting someone sell the trash in their closet as treasure to someone else. It’s fair to say that the closet in this hypothetical situation didn’t belong to Oprah, though. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Verifone On Getting The Consumer To Not ‘Check Out’ At Checkout
March 02, 2016

The checkout process has evolved to become less about payments and more about customer experience. But merchants are left with the puzzle of determining what experiences will take hold among consumers. Hitesh Anand, VP of commerce enablement and mobile at Verifone, shares with MPD CEO...

Security & Fraud
Debt Collection Tops ID Theft On FTC Complaint List
March 02, 2016

Among the key subjects of complaints that washed over the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network last year included debt collection, identity theft and scams related to impostors. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Jamie Dimon Talks Big Data, Lenders And Payments Risks
March 02, 2016

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Blockchain / Distributed Ledger
Biometrics Meets Blockchain
March 02, 2016

HYPR, a biometrics security firm, and BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, joined in a partnership to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

B2B Payments
ZipBooks, Speeding B2B Cash Flow Efficiency
March 02, 2016

FinTech firm ZipBooks has introduced accounting software for small to mid-sized enterprises, aimed at doing more than just crunching numbers — it is also a gateway to invoice financing and cash flow management. And for the businesses themselves, there’s the added lure of the software...

Digital Banking
Google Exec To Lead Aussie Bank’s Digital Shakeup
March 02, 2016

Google’s Australia and New Zealand managing director, Maile Carnegie, was poached by ANZ Banking Group to act in its newly created group executive digital banking role starting in July, Reuters reported Tuesday (March 1). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Regulation
Santander’s US Lending Unit Under SEC Microscope
March 02, 2016

Banco Santander SA, with an eye on its units based in the United States, is taking a $4.8 billion goodwill impairment charge tied to its consumer lending unit. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Will P2P Bitcoin Save The Unbanked?
March 02, 2016

Bitcoin often gets a bad rap and, by association, so can the organizations and companies looking to use digital currency platforms to power financial innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...