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Apple Pay
Big Apple Looks At Apple Pay For Parking Tickets
January 02, 2015

New York City’s finance department is looking for better ways for residents to pay the up to 10 million parking tickets issued there every year — and that may include Apple Pay, PayPal and Bitcoin, according to MarketWatch. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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One Word For Bitcoin 2014: Unpredictable
January 02, 2015

Bitcoin’s plunge in value during 2014 may have been worse than the Russian ruble, and its detractors have branded it as the year’s worst investment, but only some of them predicted it — and other predictions of how the cryptocurrency would do in 2014 were...

Apple Pay
Capital One Rolls Out Its First Apple Pay TV Ad
January 02, 2015

Capital One has finally climbed aboard the Apple-Pay-hoopla bandwagon — and it’s taking the opportunity to tout its own new digital wallet and its sponsorship of the Orange Bowl as well in a TV commercial that first aired on New Year’s Eve during the Orange...

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For Consumers, Style Is Back, Online Promos Not So Much
January 02, 2015

The Great Recession may have been officially over for three years, but consumers are still reacting to it — and that, combined with changes in the retail landscape, means how they spend has permanently changed, according to a report from the National Retail Federation. Get...

Cybersecurity
Data Breach Costs Keep Rising
January 02, 2015

The price of recovering from a data breach is steadily climbing — from $9 million in 2012 to $11.6 million last year, to $12.7 million today, Chain Store Age reported on Tuesday (Dec. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

The Year Of Interesting (And Disruptive) Payments Plays
December 31, 2014

While our mother’s told us that it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, (only how you play the game), as adults we realize that our mothers only told us that because we were children and we needed to build our confidence. As it turns out, how you play really does matter...

What 2014 Brought For Amazon, eBay And Alibaba
December 31, 2014

The year of 2014 was filled with ups and downs for the three masters of the e-commerce marketplace. Amazon hit it big in sales but fell short in the phone and profit departments, eBay and PayPal announced they’d be splitting (along with eBay’s CEO), and Alibaba set a record-breaking IPO but hit a few bumps...

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Banks, Merchants Spar In War Against Data Breaches
December 31, 2014

A group of retailers is fighting back against recent claims by the Independent Community Bankers of America that banks absorb the heaviest burden following security breaches of payment card data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

MasterCard’s Sarah Quinlan On Top US Retail Spending Trends Of 2014
December 31, 2014

This year, MasterCard took several big steps toward a future where “every device is a commerce device.” From boosting digital payments security with advancements in tokenization, to playing a significant role in the launch of Apple Pay and contactless payments around the world, to further...