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NCR Prelim Tender Offer Totals 41.2M Shares
December 15, 2015

NCR Corp. said Monday (Dec. 14) that preliminary tender offerings of its common stock totaled 41.2 million shares, according to a statement by the company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Mastercard
MasterPass Moves Into Online Grocery
December 15, 2015

Online fresh food grocer FreshDirect is teaming up with MasterCard to help enhance the online grocery shopping experience of its customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Merchant Innovation
Airbnb Competitors Merge To Take On Marketplace
December 15, 2015

Just how far can the sharing economy truly go? While Airbnb might have seemed like a far-fetched proposal several years ago, similar startups with slightly larger products are jockeying for power within an even more seemingly impractical market. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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The German M-Payment Movement
December 15, 2015

Cash is king in Germany – but maybe not for long. TSYS took a look at the payments habits and desires of the German consumer and found a surprising interest in using mobile phones to pay in-store. Will cash soon be a thing of the...

Alternative Finances
WebBank And Alt Lending’s ‘Perfect Storm’
December 15, 2015

For the last 300 odd years, the term “perfect storm” has referred to a meteorological event wherein all of the wrong factors in a climate system came together at just the right time to create some sort of monstrous weather event. Get the Full Story...

Security & Fraud
Pro-Encryption Advocates Seek Capitol Hill Support
December 14, 2015

In the ongoing battle over the government’s right to access consumer data transmitted via smartphones and digital devices, privacy advocates are calling on support from the White House to fight off lawmakers’ attempts to pass stringent encryption legislation. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Investors Weary As Unicorn Club Fizzles
December 14, 2015

Are tech unicorns really that magical anymore? 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 agree...

Retail Sales Show Potential Despite Weak Black Friday
December 14, 2015

When Black Friday still was the unchallenged official start to the holiday shopping season, retailers only had to worry about performing on that day to ensure strong sales for the entire quarter. Now, however, those anxieties are spread across weeks and even months of shopping....

Merchant Innovation
The AI Shopping Assistant For More Than Retail
December 14, 2015

It can seem like every startup and its venture capitalist mother has an artificial intelligence shopping assistant these days, but somehow the product hasn’t made as big a splash as expected with consumers. Perhaps — startup Mezi is banking on — shoppers need AI assistants not to find...