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Riskified Accelerates Fraud Prevention Services
February 11, 2016

Riskified’s chargeback guarantee has earned it further investment. 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, you...

Mobile Commerce
Paying The Freelancing World, One Project At A Time
February 11, 2016

Global payments is seeing blurred lines between parties – whether B2B or B2C or P2P. But one audience that may be quietly making inroads into a veritable sea change in the way we live and work globally may also herald a sea change in payments...

Security & Fraud
Cyberthreat Analysis Startup Raises $8M
February 11, 2016

Hexadite, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in orchestration and automation, announced it closed a $8 million Series A funding round Wednesday (Feb. 10). The seed round included participation from Hewlett Packard Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures and YL Ventures. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Merchant Innovation
Zemcar, The Kid-Friendly Uber, To Launch In Boston
February 11, 2016

When Uber first launched, it revolutionized the transportation and social habits of an entire generation. However, younger riders under the age of 18 are still prohibited from participating in the sharing economy’s upward swing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

eCommerce
Student.com Secures $60M From Spotify And Its Backers
February 11, 2016

Student.com is an online housing marketplace with an impressive predigree — one of its founders comes via Spotify’s executive team. 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...

Blockchain / Distributed Ledger
Masters: Regulators Warming To Blockchain’s Future
February 11, 2016

The answer to questions about whether financial regulators will help propel blockchain technology’s potential may come sooner rather than later. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Payment Methods
WorldRemit Secures $45M To Take On Western Union
February 11, 2016

WorldRemit has secured another major investment round to help it remain competitive in the crowded money transfer market. 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...

How Verifone Helped Park The Super Bowl
February 11, 2016

The Broncos weren’t the only big winner at the Super Bowl. PYMNTS caught up with Joe Mach, vice president of vertical solutions at Verifone, who discussed the victory his company and ParkHub celebrated at Levi’s Stadium when their mPOS solution parked 75,000 fans at a...

Will Fortune Favor The SWIFT?
February 11, 2016

SWIFT, the global payments messaging platform, sees a future where innovation and technology change how financial services and payments are delivered. And that it's just the platform to deliver it — swiftly.