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Financial Services Execs Warm To Regulation — Seriously
January 29, 2016

Must financial executives and the regulators who regulate them always be at odds? Perhaps not, says a new study. 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...

Bricks And Mortar Race To Overhaul Supply Chains
January 29, 2016

The 2015 holiday shopping season threw more than a handful of wrenches into just as many retailers’ supply chain management strategies, and as they try to dig themselves out of those holes in 2016, some high-profile brands aren’t being shy about big changes. Get the...

Why Fast And Free Delivery Matters To Consumers
January 29, 2016

When it comes to delivery, “fast” isn’t fast enough anymore for a lot of consumers. 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,...

Security & Fraud
Google Capital Throws $75M To Phone Fraud Startup
January 29, 2016

Pindrop Security, a security startup that has phone fraud in its sights, has garnered a $75 million Series C funding round led by Google Capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Tencent’s WeChat Beats Apple Pay To Hong Kong
January 29, 2016

Before Apple could land Apple Pay in China’s growing mobile payments market, China’s second-largest Internet company, Tencent, announced Thursday (Jan. 28) that its WeChat mobile wallet has arrived in Hong Kong. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Apple Pay’s Ups And Downs, And Ahrendts’ Happy Retail Results
January 29, 2016

There is an old saying, alternately attributed to Bob Newhart, Tom Lehrer, The New Yorker and the New Statesman that sums up the news about Apple in a post–earnings week: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Merchant Innovation
Uber Partners With Nordstrom, Google, SAP On Package Delivery
January 29, 2016

Uber is expanding its delivery service UberRUSH with a string of new partnerships with retail heavyweights, such as Nordstrom, and tech companies, including SAP and Google. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
Making Invoicing More Mobile
January 29, 2016

Managing cash flow involves managing a lot of moving parts — none more critical than making sure that equipment and supplies come in the door so that people can do their work and also, of course, paying for all that. As in many things B2B, the...

The Bitcoin Banks, Robots And Terrorists Edition
January 29, 2016

In any given week, you’re bound to find a story about bitcoin that makes it look promising, a story that makes it look bad, and a story that reminds us all that bitcoin is just plain off the wall. Get the Full Story Complete the form...