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Forget Cash — Homeles Man Uses Square Reader
February 01, 2016

The move toward cashless payments has led to one thing: consumers who tend to carry cash less. 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...

Ticket Sales Drove eBay Earnings
February 01, 2016

Without PayPal under its umbrella to prop it up, eBay’s earnings last week showed even more just where the company is struggling. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Payment Methods
London Transit Contactless Pay Tops 300M Rides
February 01, 2016

Londoners can’t seem to get enough of contactless payments. The city’s affinity for them has reached a new height with over a million trips being made daily across London that are paid for using a contactless method, according to London’s transit department, Transportation for London (TfL)....

LG Pay Will Be All About A Card
February 01, 2016

Remember LG Pay? The future mobile payments service thats’s coming from LG? Well, it just got a little more interesting. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Vantiv Shuts Out Daily Fantasy Sports Sites
February 01, 2016

The two major daily fantasy sports sites have suffered another major blow after Vantiv Entertainment Solutions, its payments processing company, said it would drop payments support for the companies at the end of the month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Mobile Commerce
GrabTaxi Rebrands, Goes Cashless (And Corporate)
February 01, 2016

Ride-hailing app company GrabTaxi has rebranded itself as Grab to reflect its market growth and dominance, the company announced. 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...

Is A Brand Without An App Still The Same?
February 01, 2016

Mobile capabilities are very much the norm for most major brands with an online presence, but even today, not all of them have native apps. With more and more consumers expecting a standalone app from brands they frequent, what are those companies’ reasons for not...

CFPB
CFPB Goes To Court, BoA Goes Cardless And TSYS Goes Omnichannel
February 01, 2016

As American poet, entrepreneur and scholar Sean “P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Puffy” Combs famously observed in his 1998 classic, “it’s all about the Benjamins (baby).” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Innovation
Payments And Commerce’s Odd Jobs
January 30, 2016

It has not been an easy week for many, many people out there. But for some, it has been the sort of bad week where one ends up on Friday wondering what exactly their next job is going to be. Get the Full Story Complete...