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Restaurant’s Payment Malware Incident Spans Seven States
December 09, 2015

The company known as CM Ebar LLC, which is the parent operation of the 29-unit Elephant Bar restaurant chain, said Tuesday (Dec. 8) that customers who used credit cards to pay for their purchases between August and December of this year may have been the...

The Man Who (Maybe) Created Bitcoin Has His Sidney Home Raided By Police
December 09, 2015

The man who Wired named as the likely creator of bitcoin has just had his house raided by Australian Federal Police. 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...

San Bernardino Shooter Helped By Online Lender
December 09, 2015

An online lender finds itself in the unfortunate position of having supplied funds to an ISIS-inspired terrorist weeks before he and his wife carried out a shooting spree in San Bernardino, California, that claimed 14 lives and wounded 21 others. Get the Full Story Complete...

International
HSBC Takes Bonds Global To Increase Profits
December 09, 2015

Banking behemoth HSBC wants to boost its bottom line by packaging loans into bonds and bringing them to market in the United States, Reuters reported Tuesday (Dec. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
Finding Inspiration In Mobile Expense Management
December 09, 2015

Controlling employee spending while managing expenses requires skill, attention to detail and automation --- sometimes all on the go. Here’s how Insperity streamlines the process.

Mobile Commerce
Pinterest Acquisition Hints At Larger eCommerce Play
December 09, 2015

Visual bookmarking company Pinterest has bought two startups in an effort to bolster the reach of its “pins”, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Dec. 8). The two acquired companies are The Hunt, which is billed as a “community-powered” shopping service, and Pext, an app that...

Merchant Innovation
DSW And eBay Enterprise Team Up To Take On O2O
December 09, 2015

EBay Enterprise and DSW have paired up to create a better online-to-offline (O2O) experience for DSW’s customers. The two firms jointly announced the launch of the the accessory and shoe retailer’s In-Store Pickup and Ship-to-Store program in 467 stores. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Exclusive Series
Lemonade From Insurance’s Lemons
December 09, 2015

Insurance is, by its very nature, not an easy product to sell because it requires customers to give up current cash flow to hedge against a bad future situation of some kind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

In Depth
Fraudsters Move At The Speed Of Consumers
December 09, 2015

A recent white paper by IDology finds that in the wake of EMV, fraudsters are looking for new avenues to exploit – particularly over mobile devices.